In 1973 I bought a 1972 Super Beetle that had the engine missing. It had low miles and an old 1600cc engine came with it. The original engine had been stolen. The owner told me his son was involved in that, but wasn't charged since he testified against the thieves.
I rebuilt the old engine with new bearings, cylinder barrels, had the valves ground, some of the exhaust valves needed replacing. Had to split the case to remove the crankshaft. One old piston had a hole in it.
After I installed the engine it seem to below on power wouldn't climb a small hill in fourth. My VW manual said not to adjust the main jet adjusting screw. I called the local VW shop about the low power and I thought the engine was getting too warm. They said to throw away the shop manual and open that main jet adjusting screw. That fixed the power and overheating.
I had bought the car to resell, but my wife wanted it so we kept it. The piston that had the hole was caused by a lean fuel mixture. Hal
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Today's Featured Article - Talk of the Town: The Saga of Grandpa's Tractor - by The following saga is from the Tractor Talk Discussion Forum. Someone. The saga starts with the following message: Hey guys I have a decision to make. I know what you all will probably suggest and it will probably agree with me way down inside, but here it is. I have a picture blown up and framed in my "tractor room" of a Farmall M. It was my Grandpa's tractor, of which whom I never got to meet. He froze to death getting this tractor out of the barn to pull a truck out of the ditch before I was born. Anyway my dad and aunt had to sell it at the auction,
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