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> '73 2.0 Motor Purchased at an Estate Sale
germaneighter
post Mar 27 2024, 07:26 AM
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It's been a long time since I've posted anything here. (My '74 has been in mothballs for many years, waiting for my retirement).

I was at an estate sale a couple of weeks ago where I purchased a '73 2.0 motor that was mounted on an engine stand. It looks to be a rebuild project. The heads look newly reworked. No rockers, tubes, or pushrods have been installed. (These parts were also included (new) along with most all required tin, fan, shroud and fuel injection.) #GA008920

The reason for this post: The oil galley plugs appear to have been soldered over then coated with JB weld. I've chipped the JB weld off some of them, only to be surprised by the solder. Has anyone seen this done? Any ideas on how to proceed?

FYI - I pulled a head to determine bore & stroke. It appears to be stock. Heads have been gone through and look like they were done well (just from visual inspection) They have new valves, springs, & guides and were bead blasted.

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post Mar 27 2024, 07:56 AM
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Every time I think I’ve seen all the dumb stuff than could be done to a VW / T4 engine there is still something new (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

I think you have a couple options:

1) Run as is and hope for the best - knowing that whoever put this together was - ahem - intellectually challenged. This might be the option if you picked it up for $100 and dont care if it pops. I’d definitely run it on a test stand before wasting labor to install in a car without testing it first. Who knows - maybe the bearings are welded in too! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Does it have bearings (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) who knows.

2) Dissemble / reassemble it fully to see what else has been done to it. Would also be nice to know what cam has been installed, especially if you intend to run Fuel Injection.

3) Get a new (used) case in good shape and reassemble properly

4) Case could probably be machined to remove the welded blobs from the galleys and then drilled and tapped for proper galley plugs. This will require disassembly too. The cost to properly machine may well cost more than finding a good used case.

Note: the T1 oil pump with the steel cover is another warning sign. If you are not familiar, T1 oil pump has to be machined properly to “work” in T4 engine. Even then, T1 pump OD is smaller than the ID of the bore in the case and can result in internal leakage, oil pressure loss all depending on tolerance stack.
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germaneighter   '73 2.0 Motor Purchased at an Estate Sale   Mar 27 2024, 07:26 AM
germaneighter   A couple mor pics   Mar 27 2024, 07:35 AM
Superhawk996   Every time I think I’ve seen all the dumb stuff ...   Mar 27 2024, 07:56 AM
Krieger   :wacko: pull it apart. The parts may be worth mo...   Mar 27 2024, 08:12 AM
Shivers   Back in the day, some of us had the galleys behind...   Mar 27 2024, 08:22 AM
Superhawk996   Back in the day, some of us had the galleys behin...   Mar 27 2024, 09:14 AM
Shivers   Back in the day, some of us had the galleys behi...   Mar 27 2024, 10:13 AM
brant   I'm not sure its welding? steel bolt, aluminu...   Mar 27 2024, 09:25 AM
technicalninja   That looks like an "organ donor" to me. ...   Mar 27 2024, 09:26 AM
Superhawk996   It’s also sort of hilarious that they didn’t b...   Mar 27 2024, 10:05 AM
barefoot   Just take it apart and measure bearings & look...   Mar 27 2024, 10:41 AM
Karl R   Lucky find, but given what you can see from the ou...   Mar 27 2024, 03:15 PM
914sgofast2   The 2 liter crank and rods are worth $100 jus...   Mar 27 2024, 05:07 PM
914sgofast2   The 2 liter crank and rods are worth $100 jus...   Mar 27 2024, 05:07 PM
germaneighter   Thanks for all the feed back. Looks like a winter...   Mar 27 2024, 05:27 PM
930cabman   Thanks for all the feed back. Looks like a winte...   Mar 27 2024, 05:34 PM
germaneighter   I couldn't wait for winter to tear into this t...   Apr 2 2024, 07:32 PM
barefoot   That's an aftermarket cam with the bolt on gea...   Apr 3 2024, 06:27 AM
Superhawk996   Any markings on front of cam where it comes throug...   Apr 3 2024, 07:52 AM
r_towle   makes me wonder....is there a way, on an engine st...   Apr 3 2024, 10:52 AM
bkrantz   makes me wonder....is there a way, on an engine s...   Apr 30 2024, 07:04 PM
mepstein   makes me wonder....is there a way, on an engine s...   May 1 2024, 04:41 AM
germaneighter   I've started milling the welds off to see what...   Apr 29 2024, 10:18 PM
Superhawk996   Hard to tell from picture but I think I see residu...   Apr 30 2024, 05:15 AM
VaccaRabite   I'd bet that is a guy who lost an engine to a ...   May 1 2024, 11:23 AM


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