[T3] Heads are toast, rebuild time

[Jacob Adam Schroeder]

Good point.  Probably not.  2 sets of those heads already survived UPS from
Indiana to California, so its unlikely they would suffer any damage by a
local delivery company going 150 miles or so.


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:

> I guess it's reassuring to deliver and collect personally, but would it
> cost
> a lot to use a delivery company?
>
> Dave
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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> Adam
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Heads are toast, rebuild time
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> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>
> > Were you the one who said he had some correct OG heads and that this
> > car was a '73? If so, this would be a good time to get them freshened
> > up and ready to install, regardless.
> >
> >
> That is correct except I have a '72.  The heads currently on the engine are
> Brazilian universal heads (with the tap for FI).  I have 3 sets of OG '72
> heads.  Although, I just noticed last night that of the 3 sets, I have 4
> heads with a FI sensor tap (same casting # too), and 2 without -- so it
> looks like I have 4 3/4 heads and 2 1/2 heads.  So long as I have a FI
> sensor tap on the correct side, the heads are interchangeable left for
> right, correct?
>
> Now is the time to get those freshened up.  I have received a referral for
> a
> great VW machine shop north of Sacramento.  I just wish there was one
> closer
> to San Jose that did quality work so I don't have to take a day off work to
> drive up to Sacramento twice.
>
>
> > > The last time I checked, I had 14 volts at idle at the battery and
> > > maybe
> > > 14.2 at mid/high RPM.  I could not get it any higher even with
> > > increasing revs.  I have not done anything to the generator since I
> > > took it from the old engine and put it on the new one in 1997.
> >
> > The voltage at idle is irrelevant, but the 14.2 V indicates that your
> > charging system is working nicely, assuming you would still get that
> > same number today.
> >
> >
> Great.  That measurement was this past fall (~ 3 months ago).  I can check
> again, but I don't suspect it to have changed drastically.
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