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To be honest, this is the only way you'll get a proper rebuild at low cost. Just about all T3 replacement engines offered commercially are a compromise and some are downright bodges. It makes longevity a lottery. That said, most just don't want to pay the cost of new parts on top of the labour which is why corners get cut in order to provide engines buyers can afford. A top quality rebuild takes time, money, patience, and attention to detail.
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Thanks for the replies :D

Miss Itchy's lupo EGR valve spat it's dummy out so that's kept me busy tonight but got a little done.

cam out and the thrust bearing is shot, that's where the bearing material has come from

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because I'm working on one side and because I think it's easier to remove con rod nuts when crank is in the case, I lifted crank out, swung the con rods 3& 4 over and replaced the crank.

photographed the position of the con rods first ( to replace same way) then released the nuts while holding crank in place to stop it lifting, 2 foot breaker bar makes it easy.
All bearings looked the same, quite worn but the crank looks fine at first glance, measure up later.

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Another thing I just remembered, the pic above shows these are stretch bolts in the con rods ( late DG and DJ had them) will need replacing with standard bolts, stretch type are not reusable ( although I'm sure people do) and obsolete

I have some con rods from an early DG may nick the standard bolts from there
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So little time so much to do, Lupo back on the road now so on with the engine.

Popped the crank out to measure, interesting how clean this engine is inside, not black like many, that's 10,000 litres of LPG being burnt :D

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easiest to bolt the crank to the flywheel to measure, you can than easily rotate to measure in different places

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every thing is bob on spec.

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two bearings still to measure but woodruff key and cam gear needs removing to do this, the gear looks scuffed, probably because the bearing is shot there is too much play, I have another I could fit.

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A bit more done tonight, as things are removed I marked them all flywheel side with a marker pen so I have a reference later.

Woodruff key tapped out gently with a hammer and screwdriver, oil thrust ring off and bearing 4 will come off, measures up good, note the dirt build up where the groove in the bearing is, I'm tempted to leave it rather than risk damaging the surface.

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Circlip off using special pliers ( listed post2)

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Gear puller in place ( listed post 2) with a large adjustable to hold it all steady and a 2 foot breaker bar to turn the puller.
Some gently applied heat to help things move and it came off nicely, no swarf from the brass distributor gear and no major scratches to shaft.

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bearing 3 measures up good too, none of the journals are under all at the top ( standard) size of the range so need bearings 025198461A.
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tickled the cam bearings out being careful not to damage the case

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pushed the two halves of bearing 2 out

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Brickwerks order placed for the first batch of bits I need.

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Started the internal clean up tonight
Over a tray again with Paraffin to remove any visible swarf and dirt.

I'm aiming to get nothing inside an oil way, these will be blown through later.

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oil strainer looked Ok at first glance but has a lot of swarf deep inside.
Removed retaining bolt and it's hard to remove without tapping out with a hammer and wood.

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back flushed with paraffin
my guess is a lot of this was from the pervious rebuild because it's too much for the one half a cam bearing that's gone.

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Cleaned the other half of the case tonight, so that's 1 hour each side.

I'm not painting it so the inside was what I was concentrating on but dirt left after the initial clean down was also removed from outside so it can't get inside later.

Meticulously removing dirt and debris and not relocating it was my aim, moving the case around means that run off of paraffin is straight out into the tray and never back inside, avoiding anything going into the oil ways. Toothbrush and paintbrush, no wire brushes.

Sprayed down with carb cleaner and then sprayed into the oil ways ( inc crank) with carb cleaner. This lot is going to work with me tomorrow to be blown out with an airline.



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Going to be keeping a very close eye on this post (blew my 2.1 petrol on way to vanfest) - looking at all my options, but want to do a proper job (do properly 1st, saves money & time).

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blew out the oil ways with an airline today ( rubbish pics on a phone) also did the oil strainer.

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Measured up the Con rod little end bush with a telescopic bore gauge and measured Gudgeon pins.

I can't find anything in Bentley about tolerance for this but a post on the Samba says that for air cooled the spec is (.0004-.0008") or 0.01-0.02mm
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=396794" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

interesting info here too.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewto ... c&start=20" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So I have nearly 0.02mm in the axis of compression/power I can feel some movement in this axis, within limits but I have decided not to put these back, I'm going to treat it to a new set of rods and keep these for spares.

I have bought some semi finished bushes for £8 but a machine reamer is another 30 quid and I have never done it before so a job for another rebuild.

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These are Kolbenschmidt 87 412 601 Main bearings from Brickwerk
I thought I would compare with the old bearings and there is no measureable wear on the inside, clearance from the crank is about 0.1mm on all, it surprised me to see this much.

I have read before that main bearings last very well.

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Next to reassemble cam gear and distributor drive gear, checked old bearings and the flywheel end markings I made, also checked back to the photos I took so I didn't get it wrong.

oiled bearing and fitted, also oiled shaft where gears are going.

I heated the gears in a small electric oven I bought for a test at work ( seeing what happens to some electronics at 130 degC!!) so I borrowed it to heat the gears, Gas oven would have done.

The tube to encourage them on needs to be 45mm inside to clear the woodruff key, this is a 42mm scaffold fitting I removed any sharp galv inside then cleaned it.

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first gear went on easy chamfer first

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then the spacer

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second gear just dropped on but seconds later it would not move

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circlip back on
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The 6'x8' shed where this is happening :D

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Finished off the crank this morning
Small bearing on, with oil, oil thrust washer and woodruff key on.
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next just remove flywheel ( the sort of comment you get in Haynes) :D
easier said then done I used a puller with a bolt that has a small centre drilling to keep the puller located.

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Flywheel end thrust washer on then bearing on with oil again, shows you can't rely on things like writing to determine the direction.
I'm not changing spigot bearing in end of crank ( for gearbox input shaft) because it's just a couple of years old.

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Next I finished off the case clean, it's boring so I wanted to break it up with assembling the crank.

You need a lot of clean rags to do this, don't be temped to keep reusing rags, you can buy cleaning rags by the kilo on ebay, 10Kg is around £15 delivered, these are often offcuts from the clothing industry.

The Barrel lower seal surfaces need cleaning, this took me nearly an hour a side, you could probably put it back with a quick clean and it would work but for sure the seals would not have a long life.

I used a piece of stiff plastic in the case ( to hold the rags in place) and then clean rags to stop anything going down, started with 600 wet and dry with paraffin, then finished off with 1200 wet and dry.

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This looks like original casting flaws, there are a few on this barrel sealing surface, my guess is they were deemed acceptable because they don't come in any further that the machined holes.

Hard to measure so I used this plastic sheet, it's 3mm thick and shows the seal sits inside this flaw/damage

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finished
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removed rags downwards and flushed out with carb cleaner
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Also cleaned up the crankcase halves mating surfaces with 600 grit wet and dry and paraffin, rotating the case so any dribbles always flow out.
Studs were cleaned up by running nuts down, no wire brushes.

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