ScottyG's oh...oh... OG '60

ScottyG · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2012 10:05 am

oval1 wrote:

Someone is having fun :thumbs:

Absolutely.... this IS fun! :thumbs:

Sure as hell beats washing/waxing a car.... :beer:

ScottyG · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2012 6:55 am

Well, as suspected, it was a rod bearing. The cam/lifters also had some serious wear. Everything else looks good.

I have another shortblock, so I'll tear it down and see if the crank & cam are useable.

kostya.lyt · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2012 7:02 am

That flywheel sure does look pretty! Have the case/crank been cut?

ScottyG · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2012 7:24 am

kostya.lyt wrote:

That flywheel sure does look pretty! Have the case/crank been cut?

Yes it does, and so does the clutch. Although this engine has some issues, it looks like many of the parts & pieces didn't have many miles on them.

I haven't measured anything yet.... probably Saturday before I do anything else.

ScottyG · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2012 7:30 am

tommiebsmith wrote:

HOW is endplay??

All good...

tommiebsmith · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2012 8:18 am

yep looks good.. and if the clip was left out that answers that.. I was asking becuase if the retaining clip
was popped out then that usually means lots of end play..

ScottyG · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2012 9:57 am

tommiebsmith wrote:

yep looks good.. and if the clip was left out that answers that.. I was asking becuase if the retaining clip
was popped out then that usually means lots of end play..

Ahhhh... I see what you were saying now. :thumbs:

ScottyG · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 5:00 pm

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Making a little progress on the 36'er. Local machine shop is working the heads for me. Gonna do a nice valve job and swap in a new set of springs. This shop specializes in big inch drag race engines, but is actually very happy to do my VW heads. He says it's a nice change of pace. He's got VERY nice equipment and it really taking good care of me. He's gonna do a nice 5-angle cut... and since the heads have alot to do with power... maybe I'll have me a 38- or 39-horse motor when it's all done :hillbilly:

kostya.lyt · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:09 am

That is some serious equipment! I'm sure it'll be a fire-breathing motor by the time you're done with it. :thumbs:

ScottyG · **Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:59 am

Well... I FINALLY took a break from the golf course, and got my ass back in the shop. All my parts are in and I spent the day cleaning up stuff and assembling the shortblock. If all goes well, she might be running by this time next week. It's been so long since I've built an engine, that I forgot how much fun it is

Here are a few pics....

ScottyG's oh...oh... OG '60

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