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Title: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: danny gabbard on April 11, 2010, 20:28:09 pm First I bandsawed a round circle out of some alum plate, Then chucked it up in a lathe and counter bored a step for og nut for stock breather. Then machined a small step in stock nut to locate 356 tube on stock flange.
Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: Lee.C on April 11, 2010, 20:31:19 pm Cool thread - I have been thinking about this one for a while :)
Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: danny gabbard on April 11, 2010, 20:32:06 pm After everything fit I bolted all together and scribed outside of 356 flange on alum adapter plate and bandsawed to scribed line and grind and filed to proper shape.
Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: danny gabbard on April 11, 2010, 20:34:24 pm Some finished pictures. and set on motor to figure out AN fitting and plumbing to firewall mounted breather
Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: Griebel on April 11, 2010, 20:45:39 pm Looking good ,Danny 8)
MIB member Morten Iversen aka "Tannheuser Tuning" did this "new model" conversion on his 2110 back in 05... (http://photos1.blogger.com/img/91/2470/1024/iver1.jpg) Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: Gavin - DVKK on April 13, 2010, 05:16:36 am Hey Danny, I like your flange idea... Did you taper some angle in the flange to allow the filler to sit more upright(otherwise it leans over to the right quite a bit). You could also just cut the snout on the stand and weld on the flange.
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/654338.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/654339.jpg) Test fitting down pipe: (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/667384.jpg) Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: Rennsurfer on April 13, 2010, 05:29:19 am One of the best all time threads on here.
Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: 181 on April 13, 2010, 10:22:38 am sehr cool! ;)
Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: RFbuilt on April 13, 2010, 12:13:36 pm (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/667384.jpg) hahaha yup.. thats what i said when i was smoking some good stuff in the garage too! ;D Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: youngnstudly on April 15, 2010, 06:00:45 am The method Danny used is just how I am doing my mounting for the oil filler I have....Too bad mine isn't a 356 oil filler! :( The "bandsaw, grind, file, and polish" method isn't very productive or as neat as the Milling/lathe machining processes, but I sure appreciate the end result more after putting in all the hard work! BTW, you do some really trick stuff Danny!
Andy Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: Geoff P DVKK on April 17, 2010, 01:23:30 am Hey Danny, I like your flange idea... Did you taper some angle in the flange to allow the filler to sit more upright(otherwise it leans over to the right quite a bit). You could also just cut the snout on the stand and weld on the flange. (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/654338.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/654339.jpg) Test fitting down pipe: (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/667384.jpg) Hey Gavin, I think your breather was the most talked about item on your car at the Classic last year, Love that engine bay! Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: Lee.C on April 17, 2010, 14:06:47 pm Hey Danny, I like your flange idea... Did you taper some angle in the flange to allow the filler to sit more upright(otherwise it leans over to the right quite a bit). You could also just cut the snout on the stand and weld on the flange. (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/654338.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/654339.jpg) Test fitting down pipe: (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/667384.jpg) Also diggin the "twisted" dyno to help hide the wires ;) Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: rick m on April 22, 2010, 15:53:43 pm Do you know who sells the braided fuel lines on this motor with the banjo fittings for the IDAs?
Rick M Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: Geoff P DVKK on April 22, 2010, 15:57:02 pm Hi Rick, Those are aeroquip fittings that Gavin stripped the anodizing and polished.
Title: Re: Adapting a 356 breather to vw generator stand Post by: Gary Justus on April 22, 2010, 16:07:40 pm Do you know who sells the braided fuel lines on this motor with the banjo fittings for the IDAs? Rick, I got mine at G&J Aircraft/Competition in Ontario. 909-986-6534. Depending on how long you're in town for Bug-In, you could swing by.Rick M G&J Aicraft & Competition 1115 S. Sultana Ontario, Ca. 91761 |