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Giant holes behind the drivers side fender will kick water into the rabbit fuse box as well via dripping and drainage of said slosh. If you havent looked behind the drivers side fender try there as well. Sounds like ground or water short for sure. Very common on vw mk1 where salt is used on the road...

Glug !! Yes I grew up in Akron ohio I know allllll about that 6 below zero stuff. I hope you are warm buddy !! I decided to head down to daytona for a lil while in the flipper car I bought to drive while I fix my kid rpt. I figured Id come down here while it was cold up there. As far as the timing ....

Ok lots of great info from you guys thank you so much. Well I found a place that had shims and I got all 8 valves within specs for cold motor . I ended up just dropping the lifters on the groubd to get the disks to pop out. It didnt hurt the lifter surface. I had no air compressor available or tool ...

Ok valves in order 1 .010 2 .007 3 none 4 .007 5 .007 6 .011 7 .038 8 .014 i cant get a feeler guage under valve 3 . Thats the valve that hit .also valve 7 has hardly any clearence. .I tried the thinnest shim lifter I could find out of the extra set. I switched valves as well to a used valve from a ...

Thanks so much for the info and effort . Most appreciated

Ok i will get the shims out and see if they are marked. Il look for the measuring tool at hf. Im about a grand into this mistake now with everything now so money is running low but il.get another tool :( Im going to try to just swap valves from the 11mm head and measure the shim with a feeler guage ...

Yes mr Mobile I did reset the timing perfect and it bent the valve so little i can barely see it but it hits the piston on hand rotation both directions at the same point. I hope .032 is not a numb r 5 notch and that bent the valve. Not sure. The engine turned over and started. When i hit tge key it...

Yes I totally screwed up and left the pin in the ip . It bent number 2 cylinder valve 1 . So new plan . Move on no time to shed a tear. I contacted the guy who i bought the 12mm head from and he is going to let me trade back and use the original head as it was probably fine. So i did remove all the ...

Ok thanks for the info . Here is the update . I found a motor that was rebuilt . I then got the 12 mm head on this 11mm block . I accidentaly hit the key while the injection pump tool was in the sprocket. Now the motor doesnt turn and locks up . It did start and then stopped . I think i switched aro...

Thank you so much for the info Mr.Fatmobile. I figured out those clips go on number 3 piston. Anyway the motor seized up as expected and after spinning the crank without the timing belt bottom cover I discovered a major issue and possible solution to many low oil pressure 1.6na vw mk1 problems. My t...

Ok so the crank journals are smooth with no scoring unbelievably. The car ran with the spun bearing for less than 1 min so im praying i can stick main bearings in this thing and limp back home where i can remove the motor. Im at a motel 6 parking lot now. My question is . There are some horseshoe sh...

I found all the main bearings were roasted. The number 4 was spun. Looks like the crank and cap are not scored just roughed up a little. I have no choice but to try to put main bearings in it and try it. Im praying i will not spin another bearing but everything im reading says it will.

Hi again. I found a head near me about 1 hr so no worrys. I pulled the head off . The valves are opening and closing weird and i believe the springs are bad or the lifter is collapsed . Not sure what is going on although i was getting a low oil.pressure light . Im guessing the low oil pressure destr...

Hello forum old school veedubber here, im from Ohio traveling back home from norfolk. My rabbit truck head is junk and im stranded .i have all the tools to do the job myself just need a 1.6 11mm head thats half way decent . Im stranded at a storage lot in newport news. Is there any vw diesel guys ne...

The tops of the pistons look very carbonized like it was running super rich. I also found that tdc appears to be between the notch and the zero, probably closer to the zero mark. The cylinder walls look pitted and rusty sort of looking craters.Also the edges of the tops of the piston sleeve are a li...