[T3] t3 restoration

[Alex Satala]

Well , here is the story: The first engine we rebuilt worked well in short 
rounds but after running it for about 10km it started to change its tone to a 
lower one, a heavy beat from inside the engine, after 50km the red oil light 
turned on and that was it , the main bearings failed (the heavy beat) and with 
not enough oil pressure the crankcase got ruined.
We then moved all the new parts to another more modern crankcase and that one 
worked even better , but unfortunatelly the heavy beat is back (bearings wearing 
out fast) , yesterday we went for a short run and all was fine in the 1st gear 
lots of power , 2nd too but after a couple of hills the engine was moaning 
heavier so we turned back home to avoid destroying this one too.
Here is what is weird : When cold starting the engine it probably has no oil in 
the main bearings and it make a terrible noise like there's a 1mm gap between 
the crankshaft and bearing, 5 seconds later it starts working normally. I think 
that is what is eating the engines up.
2 more problems frustrated me even more , when pushing the newly repaired brakes 
it pulls right really hard (was pulling before too) and the second the gearbox 
is noisy , pulls out of the third gear in wich it also humms (we filled it with 
transmission oil).
Any advices to these problems is welcomed but i doubt i can do anything to those 
engines without loads of new parts or a fully new engine.

WBR Alex


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From: Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org>
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Sent: Tue, July 12, 2011 8:46:14 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Remote Starter Switch

On 12 Jul 2011 at 10:38, Alex Satala wrote:

> Unfortunately due to the fact that the second repair atempt of the
> engine failed i have stopped the restoration of the car for now because
> i'm running out of time and money. 

What's wrong with the engine? Maybe we can help.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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