The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

OK, the saga continues. We just moved from Wyoming to Fairfax, Oklahoma. In the move, one of the engine mounting bolts rattled loose from the back of the car. The engine wasn't installed. I still have the passenger side bolt. Can't find replacements online. Is there a name for these bolts? Will look...

Thanks! That sounds like a pretty good idea! I don't have a sledge hammer that size, but won't have a hard time finding one. I've got a couple of vices on my work bench that should assist me in possibly drilling new holes.

Hey, guys! The hood and bonnet on my Bug keep hitting the fenders, and I need to do some tapping out of dents, patching, and painting. No big deal since I'm going to repaint the whole car anyway. My question is this: Can someone give me a link where I can buy some fender mounting brackets that are a...

A Scat C-25.

It was a typo. The bore is .02. Parts have been ordered!

OK, I'm just about ready to order my parts. We're putting a better cam in than we were going to, and everything totals up to just under $800.00. We're really making some improvements! :D I want to order the parts this weekend, but the shop that did my case inspection and line boring put on the recei...

By the way, does anyone know where I can get an oil filter pump plate? I've seen the oil pump assemblies that have an attachment for an oil filter, but this is different. Apparently, it's a new plate for my current oil pump that has a place to screw on a filter. I don't mean the one that has the con...

Had a good day with my new VW guy in Lander. Found out my case is good, which I pretty much already knew. He said we could have built the engine and had the car running today, but it wouldn't be one I could really trust for more than 15,000 miles or so. We decided to do our "prep work," an...

I spoke with a guy tonight who lives about an hour away. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he can build these things in his sleep! He builds them and puts them in small airplanes! Because he's so accustomed to building them for planes, he's gotten to be VERY particular about building them. After...

BTW, what's a good way to remove the Woodruff keys without damaging them? Visegrips would leave marks and scratches, I assume.

And do they just tap back in with, say, a tack hammer?

Thanks! I've been looking all over the web for this information! I was just told that a heat gun won't do the job, but I still don't know if I believe that. The guy who told me that said I'd have to go to a shop or a parts house to get it done, but I've read of a lot of people doing it themselves wi...

And if heat from a blue torch would expand the bearings enough to get them off, would a heat gun do the job just as well?

And wouldn't the new bearings have to be heated to get them on?

I've thought a lot about your last post, and have ordered new dowels, and have found new bearings on eBay. Could you please give me some step-by-step instructions on how to remove the bearings from the shaft to make room for the new ones? I'm told that heating them with a blue torch will expand them...

"Demoralizing" is a great word! LOL Yes, the flywheel was taken off before I split the engine. I know it sounds terrible, but I'm at the point to where I'm through putting money into this engine. If this turns out to not work this time around, I'm going to get an assembled short block and ...

Oh, and this isn't the one that sat out. There was almost nothing usable from that engine.