How about a mileage thread?
leec:
Car looks good as always Baz. You definately do not starter motors do you! Maybe do a hand crank start conversion ;D
baz:
Quote from: leec on February 16, 2021, 17:48:23 pm
Car looks good as always Baz. You definately do not starter motors do you! Maybe do a hand crank start conversion ;D
:D I know how I broke this one, it was in gear when I started it and it jammed the starter and broke one tooth on that gear, cleaned the broken tooth and put it back in, lasted a few weeks before shedding the rest
The other failures I've no idea, but thankfully a handful of broken starters are handy to have for spare parts :D
Bruce:
Quote from: Martin S. on January 11, 2021, 22:10:27 pm
we checked my other cars, they ALL had loose heads to different degrees,
This tells me it's you, not the engines. What are you doing to your engines that cause this? Pre-ignition? Too low octane?
Quote from: Martin S. on January 11, 2021, 22:10:27 pm
how long before they need valves reground or replaced, or dual springs replaced, etc., on high performance engines driven a LOT?
My engine, with 103k miles on it, hasn't had the heads off. When I built it, I purposely installed well used dual springs to get a bit less spring pressure than new ones.
I don't buy into a lot of aftermarket crap unless there's an absolute need. I'm talking about head studs/nuts. I've never heard of, or seen a broken head stud, so I only use original 45 year old genuine VW studs.
Martin S.:
Quote from: Bruce on February 20, 2021, 12:06:25 pm
Quote from: Martin S. on January 11, 2021, 22:10:27 pm
we checked my other cars, they ALL had loose heads to different degrees,
This tells me it's you, not the engines. What are you doing to your engines that cause this? Pre-ignition? Too low octane?
Quote from: Martin S. on January 11, 2021, 22:10:27 pm
how long before they need valves reground or replaced, or dual springs replaced, etc., on high performance engines driven a LOT?
My engine, with 103k miles on it, hasn't had the heads off. When I built it, I purposely installed well used dual springs to get a bit less spring pressure than new ones.
I don't buy into a lot of aftermarket crap unless there's an absolute need. I'm talking about head studs/nuts. I've never heard of, or seen a broken head stud, so I only use original 45 year old genuine VW studs.
Probably all of the above Bruce. This was apparent on my original 71 van as well which had a couple owners before me. When I did a top end job on a low mileage 68 bug that had the original engine, never removed (washers still under the 4 engine mounting nuts), I checked and retorqued the case hardware and again ALL of the nuts were loose, and quite loose!
baz:
Cracking day today for a little cruise, racked up a few miles this last month using it as a daily for a week or so. No starter issues is a bonus.
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