[T3] Heads are toast, rebuild time

[Mike Fisher]

Our local Carquest & NAPA machine shops rebuild VW heads/blocks etc and
have a good reputation.  You probably don't have to drive far or ship them
to find a good automotive machinist locally.


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Jacob Adam Schroeder <
jacob.schroeder at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> > ===================
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> > [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jacob
> > Adam
> > Schroeder
> > Sent: 30 January 2014 16:35
> > To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> > Subject: Re: [T3] Heads are toast, rebuild time
> >
> > 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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