I was not certain that I needed my heads rebuilt but I had heard that the
VW engine is subject to needing the heads rebuilt often and I had a few
times that I had some higher engine temps. So, for a sort of preventive
maintenance I decided to pull the heads and after seeing the heavy carbon I
felt
My carb is a Zenith. The mixture setting is a locked turn screw. I
believe I have seen a photo somewhere where someone made a
mixture adjustment device using a slotted nipple on a cable. I had thought
about making one myself but I feel the device gave me a bit of doubt as to
the safety of it. I am
If you can find a really good machine shop that builds racing motors they will
normally do a very good job on heads. We have a place in Denton Texas called
Calvert motors. They have been building engines since before I was born And I'm
over 70. The old man is still working in the shop and both s
There are a bunch of lean of peak videos on you tube, I have watched a
bunch and read alot.
I don't do it the way I was taught in flight training circa 1992 any more.
That was too rich too often.
I am full rich for only the take off and initial climb out nowadays.
I don't taxi rich either.
I wi
I clicked on Mark's link and was reading this material just for the pleasure of
reading it again . . . and came across this familiar paragraph:
"If you get the impression that a GOOD valve job is time consuming, you're
absolutely right! I've got 18 hours in the guide and seat work, and that's not
Jeff York wrote:
>>I'm adding a photo of the back side of one of the heads. They both
have a black carbon looking buildup outside of the combustion chamber
area. I should have checked the torque before pulling the heads. This
doesn't look normal. Is Permatex 3H suppose to be used on the mattin
Mark said,
" . . . I couldn't help but wonder what mechanic bozo would do a "valve job"
and not even bother to blue it and lap the valve, which would have graphically
shown the total lack of seal between valve and seat."
That honor belongs to the outfit below. RIMCO once had a good name in th
Jeff York wrote:
Wanted some advice on my cylinders. I pulled my heads on my ĢPAS 2180 VW to have them done. Had
one cylinder that seems low on compression and needed to help coil one
so why not have them rebuilt. Lots of carbon on the heads and a few of
the cylinders give me the impression t
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