<div dir="ltr">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. <br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Jacob Adam Schroeder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacob.schroeder@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacob.schroeder@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Good point. Probably not. 2 sets of those heads already survived UPS from<br>
Indiana to California, so its unlikely they would suffer any damage by a<br>
local delivery company going 150 miles or so.<br>
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Dave Hall <<a href="mailto:dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk">dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I guess it's reassuring to deliver and collect personally, but would it<br>
> cost<br>
> a lot to use a delivery company?<br>
><br>
> Dave<br>
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club<br>
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> [mailto:<a href="mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org">type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org</a>] On Behalf Of Jacob<br>
> Adam<br>
> Schroeder<br>
> Sent: 30 January 2014 16:35<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:type3@vwtype3.org">type3@vwtype3.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [T3] Heads are toast, rebuild time<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Jim Adney <<a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">jadney@vwtype3.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Were you the one who said he had some correct OG heads and that this<br>
> > car was a '73? If so, this would be a good time to get them freshened<br>
> > up and ready to install, regardless.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> That is correct except I have a '72. The heads currently on the engine are<br>
> Brazilian universal heads (with the tap for FI). I have 3 sets of OG '72<br>
> heads. Although, I just noticed last night that of the 3 sets, I have 4<br>
> heads with a FI sensor tap (same casting # too), and 2 without -- so it<br>
> looks like I have 4 3/4 heads and 2 1/2 heads. So long as I have a FI<br>
> sensor tap on the correct side, the heads are interchangeable left for<br>
> right, correct?<br>
><br>
> Now is the time to get those freshened up. I have received a referral for<br>
> a<br>
> great VW machine shop north of Sacramento. I just wish there was one<br>
> closer<br>
> to San Jose that did quality work so I don't have to take a day off work to<br>
> drive up to Sacramento twice.<br>
><br>
><br>
> > > The last time I checked, I had 14 volts at idle at the battery and<br>
> > > maybe<br>
> > > 14.2 at mid/high RPM. I could not get it any higher even with<br>
> > > increasing revs. I have not done anything to the generator since I<br>
> > > took it from the old engine and put it on the new one in 1997.<br>
> ><br>
> > The voltage at idle is irrelevant, but the 14.2 V indicates that your<br>
> > charging system is working nicely, assuming you would still get that<br>
> > same number today.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> Great. That measurement was this past fall (~ 3 months ago). I can check<br>
> again, but I don't suspect it to have changed drastically.<br>
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