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Is it alright to use 10MMx1.5MM thread "lock" nuts to mount the engine? Or is it better to use the standard non-locking hex nut?
I use lock nuts on the three that are easy to reach. That fourth one is hard to reach and manipulate the wrench, so I use a regular nut and lockwasher on it. If all of yours are easy (sort-of) to get to, use the Nylok nuts.
What Gordon says. I used Nyloks all the way around. Now I'm a neophyte but I got all four nuts on, but it took patience. I wouldn't want to risk it with just three, but I hear the VW guys do it often. I'm a stickler about not letting the engine come loose.
I like to be able to put the engine in and take it out by myself.
I use the threaded inserts (captive nuts) both top mounting holes. With an IMI high-torque starter, you don't use the stock (captive) bolt any more, and without the captive nuts, I need somebody under the car holding the wrench. With them, I can do everything myself from underneath.
I used the stock D-head bolt with my IMI starter by JB Welding a little bar (square key) on the starter to restrain the bolt.
I R/R'd the engine myself, as well as doing all the upgrades alone this time. As much as it would physically tax me some days, it gave me a sense of accomplishment to do it myself and it focused me on re-learning some long dormant skills and past experiences. Probably a good thing, but the under car yoga to do it yourself was not much fun. I also re-learned why patience is a virtue as well as having some side money for sudden, inspired purchases.
However the car is running really well!
Thanks all! I picked up a set of nylock nuts at the hardware store after work.
Attempt/Round #3 at tuning. I think it's getting better. I also added a newer belt!
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Stuff it in and go ......sailing !
Use stock nuts and wavey washers.. no need for nylocks.
Alan Merklin posted:Stuff it in and go ......sailing !
You know... I do crew racing sail boats
Anthony posted:Use stock nuts and wavey washers.. no need for nylocks.
I bought both nylock and regular hex nuts... just in case 
Anthony posted:Use stock nuts and wavey washers.. no need for nylocks.
In general, wavy washers are pretty cool. Euro locknuts.
*LongFella posted:Anthony posted:Use stock nuts and wavey washers.. no need for nylocks.
I bought both nylock and regular hex nuts... just in case
What Anthony said; a lot of nylock nuts are so cheap they won't hold the torque that you have to put to them. A friend who builds transaxles has a customer that buys several a year. He refuses to use the nylocks the guy so likes; on some of the nuts the threads start to pull before torqued to spec. Al
I noticed this morning, before heading to work, I had some drips coming from the breather vents on the valve covers. Looks like the bolt on vents are not sealing properly...
Rather than mess with it, I'll be stopping by Gene Berg this afternoon to get their VW OEM valve covers with welded on 1/2" push fittings. I don't want to mess with screw on vent fittings. Plus, I can check the valves one more time before installing the engine.
And who knew they were so close!?!? Just up the 57N from Irvine and right next to the GMC Dealer I got my truck from...
Same deal with a Hardware Store I didn't know existed and could have saved me some $$$ on this build. For those of you who are local, this place is awesome! Very very well priced and has just about everything (a lot better than Lowes or HD). They happen to be right next to on of my wife's studio too. I picked up a bag of ss engine tin screws (in the proper metric size) and washers for $6.00 a bag... they were a bag of 50 screws and 100 washers too 
http://mcfaddendalehardware.com
Ok... back to work...
(Fingers crossed)
This Sunday might be the day Eleanor gets to come out of the garage a play around the neighborhood (with her top down)! The famous and masterful @MusbJim will be stopping by the house Sunday to help get the engine installed. After that, a few wires to install and double check everything... and... off we go!!!!!! 
Let's hope it doesn't rain Sunday!
It never rains in Sunny Southern California.
To should have two sets of nice Kadrons there. One set has like 3000m on them. The other set (with the M symbol on the bodies and the Truhauft manifolds) are fresh back from a rebuild. They were professionally cleaned and rebuild with all new parts. Ypu shouldn't have any problems with any of the carbs or linkage. The kadrons do haveba vacuum advance port. Please make sure you have that plugged off.
How did the sand seal turn out?
Ted
TRP posted:To should have two sets of nice Kadrons there. One set has like 3000m on them. The other set (with the M symbol on the bodies and the Truhauft manifolds) are fresh back from a rebuild. They were professionally cleaned and rebuild with all new parts. Ypu shouldn't have any problems with any of the carbs or linkage. The kadrons do haveba vacuum advance port. Please make sure you have that plugged off.
How did the sand seal turn out?
Ted
Hey Ted! The sand seal seems to be holding and no leaks are present. We will see once I get the engine mounted and driving up at highway speeds (I think that is when you said it weeps a little?)...
I spent a good hour last night fine tuning the new/re-built set. I believe they were re-built by LowBugget? I have the Truhaft manifolds installed too. I was going to try the original set you had on the 1915cc with EMPI manifolds, but I got the newer set up and running nicely (the originals were my back-up plan).
AND I totally forgot you gave me the little syncing tool you set on top of the carbs! I used that last night after detaching the linkage... sync'd the carbs and reattached the linkage. That helped a LOT!
I'll replace the valve covers with the GB's tonight and check the valves again. After that, she is ready to be installed 
According to Murphy's Law she won't leak oil until you put the engine in her and take her for a drive!
Usually only leaks after you crank it up 6k. ��
Robert M posted:According to Murphy's Law she won't leak oil until you put the engine in her and take her for a drive!
Don't jinx it ! ! ! 
TRP posted:Usually only leaks after you crank it up 6k. ��
Good thing I won't be pushing the engine THAT hard...
Actually, Murphy's law states that she'll hold all of her oil without spilling a drop.....
Until, you get it back into the garage and THEN she'll barf a cupful out onto your clean floor.
Why get perfectly good Asphalt goopy when you can put a nice sheen on the garage floor?
VW motors and English motorcycles - Both cut from the same bolt of cloth........
Nice "new" GB valve covers installed and valve check complete!
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At this point you should look at your throwout bearing and your pressure plate to make sure they are compatible. Get that sorted before Sunday.
Ted
TRP posted:At this point you should look at your throwout bearing and your pressure plate to make sure they are compatible. Get that sorted before Sunday.
Ted
I'm way ahead of you! I wasn't sure how many miles you had on the clutch before, so I bought a new kit (includes a throwout bearing)...
I wish I lived right up the road from Gene Berg Enterprises. I live right up the road from the Tremont Grain Co-Op.
Stan Galat, '05 IM, 2276, Nowhere, USA posted:I wish I lived right up the road from Gene Berg Enterprises. I live right up the road from the Tremont Grain Co-Op.
It's a nice little shop. The lady that helped me was kind enough to show me around. Had some pretty cool drag beetles in the back with MASSIVE engines. She also has a really cool collection of VW toys and stuff... she said she has been collecting the stuff for over 50 years... probably all worth six figures if sold...
The lean/six sigma/master kaizen training in me was having an internal panic attack on how disorganize and lack of inventory management systems. I noticed a box of invoices labeled 1990
*LongFella posted:The lean/six sigma/master kaizen training in me was having an internal panic attack on how disorganize and lack of inventory management systems. I noticed a box of invoices labeled 1990
Yeah, Berg is a mess, but somehow I doubt a "lean manufacturing" environment would improve the bottom line at Gene Berg Enterprises.
Six Sigma, et al stuff works well in manufacturing when the supply chain is geared up for producing widgets, but in lots and lots of other industries... it's just a giant pain in the butt. In my experience, "just in time" means "never in stock", or "may as well not pretend to sell it".
I used to buy a lot of HVAC//R parts at a supply-house that decided to stop carrying stuff. They opened up a bunch of branches, none of which carried much of anything. They could always get what we needed in 2 or 3 days, but that was not just in time in my business. Just in time means I have it today, right now, in my hand. What they had was like the Russian missile trucks-- some of which had missiles, lots of which had none, and nobody knew where the missiles were going to stop this week. At some point, a business has to carry stock or they may as well not exist. I can order parts for next week delivery anywhere online. I'll happily pay a premium for parts that are in stock, today.
I've got a good friend who thinks it should work everywhere. I don't know enough about how it looks in it's natural environment, but when it's forced into lots of places it doesn't belong, it's irritating at best.
Berg just operates in a haphazard fashion and has since his unfortunate passing. You probably met his widow at your visit.
I understand his son(s) tried running the business after he died, but walked away leaving their mom to run it.
Spend a little time reading through their website and seeing what is in stock and out of stock or no longer available. It is an odd mix.
Stan Galat, '05 IM, 2276, Nowhere, USA posted:I wish I lived right up the road from Gene Berg Enterprises. I live right up the road from the Tremont Grain Co-Op.
No snow to deal with, just Southern California!
Stan Galat, '05 IM, 2276, Nowhere, USA posted:*LongFella posted:The lean/six sigma/master kaizen training in me was having an internal panic attack on how disorganize and lack of inventory management systems. I noticed a box of invoices labeled 1990
Yeah, Berg is a mess, but somehow I doubt a "lean manufacturing" environment would improve the bottom line at Gene Berg Enterprises.
Six Sigma, et al stuff works well in manufacturing when the supply chain is geared up for producing widgets, but in lots and lots of other industries... it's just a giant pain in the butt. In my experience, "just in time" means "never in stock", or "may as well not pretend to sell it".
I used to buy a lot of HVAC//R parts at a supply-house that decided to stop carrying stuff. They opened up a bunch of branches, none of which carried much of anything. They could always get what we needed in 2 or 3 days, but that was not just in time in my business. Just in time means I have it today, right now, in my hand. What they had was like the Russian missile trucks-- some of which had missiles, lots of which had none, and nobody knew where the missiles were going to stop this week. At some point, a business has to carry stock or they may as well not exist. I can order parts for next week delivery anywhere online. I'll happily pay a premium for parts that are in stock, today.
I've got a good friend who thinks it should work everywhere. I don't know enough about how it looks in it's natural environment, but when it's forced into lots of places it doesn't belong, it's irritating at best.
20+ years ago I worked in logistics for a dairy company. At one time the products were manufactured in a way that was a little more labor intensive for the plant but the trucks always went out on time and the plant didn't operate with any overtime. A daily production run might require the plant to produce 60,000 gallons of whole milk, 40,000 gallons of 2%, and 20,000 gallons of 1%, as well as buttermilk, cream, and chocolate milk. In order to get the trucks out on time the plant would run partial amounts of each item, cleaning the lines, and producing partial amounts of the next item. This was based on the load out sequence of the trucks which was determined by the orders going on the trucks and where the truck was shipping the product. It also worked well because the storage area in the load out vault was limited in size. The plant worked harder because lines would have to be switched and cleaned prior to each new product coming through the lines but they got it done in their scheduled shift.
After that production manager retired we got a new guy who thought the entire quantity of milk for each item should be run before the next item was started to reduce the change over times in the plant. So he would run 60,000 gallons of whole milk, 40,000 gallons of 25, on down the product line. We didn't have anywhere to put everything and the trucks never left on time. My crew however made a lot more money because we went from working 5 eights to 5 twelves.
The new plant manager only lasted a year and the company lost a lot of money.
No Grain Co-ops around here, just lots and lots of old factory buildings that have been vacant for years or been turned into Condo Apartments or warehouses).
"Just in time" works great when you have a well-planned production line with a more-or-less constant flow of widgets and an equally balanced sales flow.
When I first started working at my last company, Revenue was about $80 Million/year and all of manufacturing planning was done with a custom, Lotus spreadsheet on an IBM PC. You had to have really good relationships with the "material planners" to get stuff for any new product getting planned and built, because that screwed up their normal "production planning". I finally figured out that they did "Just in Case" production planning, ordering everything they could think of to make damn sure the production line never shut down, even if it meant building the wrong or excess stuff. Still, that Lotus program worked really well for them back then.
The trouble was, they ended up buying a TON of parts that were never needed or, worse, planned assemblies to get built that we could never ship, just to keep the line going. Unbuilt and unsold inventory went through the roof and stayed on hand for several years as the IT industry turned (about 1988) from memory boards to disk systems. In the end, the head of planning and the head of purchasing (both best friends since Grammar school) found this other guy (who went to high school with them) and set him up to buy our surplus assemblies at a few pennies on the dollar and recycle the parts (for big $$$). When he first showed up, he drove a beat-up Toyota Tercel. As he bought more of our excess stuff and recycled it (and we were still building too much of it), he upgraded to a Lincoln pickup truck, then a Mercedes Cube van and later had someone else do the pickups and he only showed up occasionally in his Mercedes 500 SL.
Someone finally blew the whistle on them when they hindered the introduction of a true material planning system and they were fired and walked out. They're still out there, working for another company......
There are a LOT of inventory/business management systems out there, tailored to all sorts and sizes of businesses. Some of them are even free. But first, you have to want to use one of them to make your life easier, and that's often the rub. Most people are in business to provide a product or service - they are NOT in the business of learning or running a business management system. Often, it's more attractive (and easier) for small businesses to have some excess stuff on hand than pulling out your hair waiting for stuff to arrive or even planning ahead for it.
I'm with Stan - I've been in both situations and "Just in Time" isn't for everyone.
In the HVAC/R business, somebody has to stock the parts.
Supply houses want to make 20% gross profit on parts, and if the parts are on the shelf I'm happy to let them have it. But if the parts are one or two days away, I'm only willing to pay 5%-- because they are forcing me to buy the parts and stock them myself (since somebody has to have them on hand, or the work is not going to get done).
I can understand the reluctance to carry equipment that has serial numbers when the parts only "turn" 1x/year. But for the love of all that's good, if a part doesn't have a serial number, why would it matter if it sat for two or three years. As long as the price increase of the part exceeds the cost of borrowing, the seller is ahead.
For almost 10 yrs now, we have lived in an environment where the cost of money has been historically low. It would seem to me that the world would be flooded with spare parts. In fact, the opposite is true – nobody wants to stock parts for anything.
It should be even easier selling Berg parts for an obsolete VW. Parts produced today will still be usable and salable 5 or 10 years from now, and nothing has a serial number. To my eye, Mrs. Berg is sitting on a gold mine, but it seems that she just doesn't want to stock anything that isn't pre-sold (for all intents and purposes). The fact that people have to wait up to a year for five speed parts is ludicrous. She really doesn't seem to know how to run a business.
I just wanted to say hi to be part of this thread. I long ago lost what it was about, but it appears to be heading for a record :-)
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Tom Blankinship posted:I just wanted to say hi to be part of this thread. I long ago lost what it was about, but it appears to be heading for a record :-)
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We're waiting for Brian (Longfella) to install his engine and get Eleanor on the road. In the meantime we are discussing the pros and cons of Just in Time manufacturing and other woes of the manufacturing industry.
Care to share any problems in the automotive world? LOL
Just in time can easily become just in trouble.