Case question for possible location for crank trigger Options

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What was the original use for the large hole on the flywheel side of the right (passenger) engine case?

Looks like it could have been a good flywheel lock location.

To me it looks like very good spot for a crankshaft position sensor...

What was its original reason for being there?

[technicalninja]

My first 914 was a rusted out 70 1.7 with a 1911?? big bore kit in the early 80s.

I was 17 years old and did NOT know what I do now...

My dad bought it as a basket case, and I assembled the jugs and heads myself.

This was LONG before I started doing my own head work and something about them was wrong.

This car came to me with the crappy progressive two-barrel Weber (which the current car has as well).

When it ran it ran OK but...

There was so much messing with the carb that I removed the engine lid for quick access.

Occasionally it would throw fireballs into the air on start-up.

At one point I set my girlfriends family tree, in their front yard, on fire at three in the morning.

This is one of those memories you retain for LIFE!

Another interesting fact with me is that I swore I'd never mess with air-cooled VWs again in my life three decades back. My wife had a Super Bettle that gave us so much trouble I hated it. I was done with crappy low powered cars that required engine removal as much as that one did. I got really fast at drivetrain removal on that car.

Well in 2023 my dad again comes up with a 914, a stupid nice time capsule 914, and here I am dicking around with air-cooled VWs again.

Back then I was apprentice/journeyman level and knew little.

Today I'm not...