I've watched hundreds of VW mechanics do builds and rebuilds, but I learned several things here that I didn't on their videos. Thank you for taking the time and effort to put this together!
Little comment on valve lapping. Colgate toothpaste works well if you don’t have proper compound. Also, I’ve freed locked up engines for years by filling with diesel, leaving for a week or so, then turning slowly with a long breaker bar until it’s free. Another tip for finding seal leaks on a running engine is to spray Pam cooking spray into the carb while engine is at about half throttle. Pam doesn’t burn and will blow out of the leak, showing you where it is. Just don’t use the buttery kind!
VW buggys are pretty simple to work on a friend & me built a couple of these. I put bigger pistons, jugs, & lightened the flywheel on mine. My friend bought an adapter & put a 2300 Ford motor with extensive head work on his, he had the machine work done by a shop that built engines for stock cars. we couldn't get it to run right till we put a 600 cfm carb on it. we drove it on to the highway & a guy in a Z-28 couldn't get around us & he was trying hard too.
Aerokroil is your friend for breakdown spray. New jug kit and heads simplify redos. You moved up from a 50 hp to close to a 65 horse. It's fun to work on old vw's, solex carbs and all. Don't overlook the IRS tranny, throw out bearing to go soon. Fresh 90 weight oil and rear brake shoes, anti seize everything, cheap desert dog mud grips, go snort the tri mill exhaust and have fun!
This is awesome content, thanks showing me how to lap a valve and cylinder, stuff like this makes me feel way more confident in my mechanical abilities
Insanely jealous! I've been looking for a "barn find" like that for the longest time. Okay mybe now as rough as that! LOL Your patience is honorable, glad to see you didnt just chuck in the towel after popping that oil drain for the first time!
Nice ,, I have a rail buggy and an old Manx style fiberglass buggy ,, loads of simple fun ,, BTW you can bolt on as large as 88 mm pistons without doing any millwork to the block or heads ,, I used 87’s because they have thicker walls ,,, you should have loads of fun with it 😉👍
I just bought a sand rail with the 1600cc VW engine and I know I need to replace the rear main seal. Only thing is, I'm not good at this kind of stuff. I think I've watched almost all your buggy vids but didn't see anything where you kinda walked through that process. Any recommendations on where I should start - learning process-wise? I do appreciate the detail you do provide. I think the more I work on my engine and go back and watch your videos, the more stuff will make sense. So much is over my head at the moment.
Just get into it! It’s a learning experience and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. The engine is pretty easy to remove from the rail. You will need to get the engine off and get behind the flywheel to do that seal
@@spankranchgarage I appreciate that, thank you. Admittedly, I am afraid of messing up, but I'll keep trying to learn and will always come back to your videos to pick up some more insight as I go. Thanks for the content. Seeing you work on your rail really inspired me.
@@spankranchgarage its expensive to do from scratch as you need to reverse rotate the engine so a bunch of stuff needs to be changed but occasionally a used engine thats already been converted comes up for sale (usually a 95/110hp) for around $500
@@spankranchgarage a whole corvair drive line including a 4 spd trans and a 110hp engine can be grabbed for like $500 or buy a compete rotted car that may need some minor engine work to get running for $700 and get all the suspension and subframe stuff. if you are super interested i have some spares engines and a blown diff/trans that you can borrow for mock up purposes
Hey, ya saved a couple of bucks? Now you dropped a valve in no. 3 ? Well win some loose some? Might of spent the $ 80.00 for springs and exh. Valves ? Time will tell?
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I've watched hundreds of VW mechanics do builds and rebuilds, but I learned several things here that I didn't on their videos. Thank you for taking the time and effort to put this together!
Right on!
Little comment on valve lapping. Colgate toothpaste works well if you don’t have proper compound. Also, I’ve freed locked up engines for years by filling with diesel, leaving for a week or so, then turning slowly with a long breaker bar until it’s free. Another tip for finding seal leaks on a running engine is to spray Pam cooking spray into the carb while engine is at about half throttle. Pam doesn’t burn and will blow out of the leak, showing you where it is. Just don’t use the buttery kind!
Thanks for the tips and thanks for watching!!
VW buggys are pretty simple to work on a friend & me built a couple of these. I put bigger pistons, jugs, & lightened the flywheel on mine. My friend bought an adapter & put a 2300 Ford motor with extensive head work on his, he had the machine work done by a shop that built engines for stock cars. we couldn't get it to run right till we put a 600 cfm carb on it. we drove it on to the highway & a guy in a Z-28 couldn't get around us & he was trying hard too.
Awesome!
Dont use the paper gaskets. They rot and leave a gap between the cylinder and block. Add zinc to the oil for flat tappet cams. Motor sounds good
"Kinda long?" No way! You have know idea how you helped me with my 70 I just picked up. Thank you.
Aerokroil is your friend for breakdown spray. New jug kit and heads simplify redos. You moved up from a 50 hp to close to a 65 horse. It's fun to work on old vw's, solex carbs and all. Don't overlook the IRS tranny, throw out bearing to go soon. Fresh 90 weight oil and rear brake shoes, anti seize everything, cheap desert dog mud grips, go snort the tri mill exhaust and have fun!
This is awesome content, thanks showing me how to lap a valve and cylinder, stuff like this makes me feel way more confident in my mechanical abilities
The buggy is probably now my favorite off-road vehicle.. (Your blue truck in the background 🥲)
Is my big dream , have a barn find like that, congratulations 🎉🎉
Nice save on a budget! I learned a couple tricks on that valve job! Thanks
Thanks! I’ve learned a lot from your videos too. Thanks for watching!
I bought one like that about 2 qt of water in it Did about the same thing you did on that 1 still got it running Great
Amazing what these old motors will put up with!
Would like to see the progress on the buggy in more videos! Good stuff. Thank you.
That was awesome. Wish I could run into to a deal like that. I'm no auto mechanic. But I can follow directions. Cool rail
Thanks 👍
Insanely jealous! I've been looking for a "barn find" like that for the longest time. Okay mybe now as rough as that! LOL Your patience is honorable, glad to see you didnt just chuck in the towel after popping that oil drain for the first time!
Le faltaron los vampiros o láminas de enfriamiento de las mangas
That was entertaining, I like how much progress you make in a video
I enjoyed the episode!
Thanks for watching! I have plenty of videos on this buggy in my buggy playlist. It has changed quite a bit since the beginning
Nice ,, I have a rail buggy and an old Manx style fiberglass buggy ,, loads of simple fun ,, BTW you can bolt on as large as 88 mm pistons without doing any millwork to the block or heads ,, I used 87’s because they have thicker walls ,,, you should have loads of fun with it 😉👍
Thank you bud I’m officially subscribed
Me too!
Looking at a Chenowth with a VW engine a friend of mine has. Should be fun. Good luck with your car.
worked on these 10 years at the very least put exhaust valves in they always brake off when running they are famose for that # 3 will break
Yep…now I’ve gotta find a dune buggy
Vw buggies are awsome
Thanks man love your buggy content too!
Highly addictive
I just bought a sand rail with the 1600cc VW engine and I know I need to replace the rear main seal. Only thing is, I'm not good at this kind of stuff. I think I've watched almost all your buggy vids but didn't see anything where you kinda walked through that process. Any recommendations on where I should start - learning process-wise? I do appreciate the detail you do provide. I think the more I work on my engine and go back and watch your videos, the more stuff will make sense. So much is over my head at the moment.
Just get into it! It’s a learning experience and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. The engine is pretty easy to remove from the rail. You will need to get the engine off and get behind the flywheel to do that seal
@@spankranchgarage I appreciate that, thank you. Admittedly, I am afraid of messing up, but I'll keep trying to learn and will always come back to your videos to pick up some more insight as I go. Thanks for the content. Seeing you work on your rail really inspired me.
I need those head light buckets
Where are you located? I havent scrapped them yet
Time to buy 2000cckit,your in there upgrade!
Were there no tins under the cylinders ... very important
Yes you are correct. I install tins later down the road
Do yu know the manufacturer of the frame , I just bought one just like it.
I wish I knew as well. I dont really like this frame, even after modification I still struggle with head space with a helmet on
lmk if you wanna corvair swap it. put a 140hp 4 carb engine or go balls out with a 150-180hp turbo engine
This thing weighs like 950lbs. That would be CRAZY
@@spankranchgarage its expensive to do from scratch as you need to reverse rotate the engine so a bunch of stuff needs to be changed but occasionally a used engine thats already been converted comes up for sale (usually a 95/110hp) for around $500
But with a Subaru trans it spins the right way. Hmmmmmm
@@spankranchgarage a whole corvair drive line including a 4 spd trans and a 110hp engine can be grabbed for like $500 or buy a compete rotted car that may need some minor engine work to get running for $700 and get all the suspension and subframe stuff. if you are super interested i have some spares engines and a blown diff/trans that you can borrow for mock up purposes
Hey, ya saved a couple of bucks? Now you dropped a valve in no. 3 ? Well win some loose some? Might of spent the $ 80.00 for springs and exh. Valves ? Time will tell?
Time sure will tell. Stay tuned
I just bought a 75 type 3
You can have the engine out on your bench in 15 minutes is would look at a youtube, why fight for space to work with?