'73 2.0 Motor Purchased at an Estate Sale |
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'73 2.0 Motor Purchased at an Estate Sale |
germaneighter |
Mar 27 2024, 07:26 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 130 Joined: 9-August 05 From: Tulsa, OK Member No.: 4,563 |
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. thanks Attached thumbnail(s) |
Superhawk996 |
Mar 27 2024, 07:56 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,502 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
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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