Aircooled VW South Africa

Pine, my tank is turned around with the filler at the windscreen

That's interesting! Is the tank physically turned around, or is it a 68 onwards Beetle tank? (They had the filler at the top right, to accommodate the filler flap of the Beetle)

According to "Beamish' they turned the tank around. But I dont know the differences.

I am not under the impression for a single moment that the buggy build will be easy, and ran into the first (of many more I suppose) problems this afternoon. While taking the engine apart, I tried to remove the twin Cowleys, that are beyond repair anyway. Both are one-piece from the J-pipes to the place where they meet, so you'll have to take the exhaust studs of the heads on one side out to slide them off. Broke two studs on the right head , now they'll have to be removed by someone more professional than me. That will teach me to work on a Sunday

But while on the subject - if I take the two heads (that seem to be in very good condition) to have them cleaned and serviced (and the studs taken out), the following questions

1. Where to I take them to?
2. What do I ask them to do to the heads?
3. Estimated cost?

Ask Bugger.Will cost you a beer.

A beer for his answers on my questions, or a beer for the work on the heads?

A beer for the work on the heads.

Bugger's wife is gonna moer me if I pitch at his place with beer

I have a nice set of heads that has never beer
Race
Rallied
Overheated
Abused
With broken off studs at the exhaust ports and
Very big oversize Sparkplug inserts and very nicely crack between the valves

For those durty old heads of yours

If you twist my rubber arm I might do a deal with you for My lekker f t heads

Bugger wrote:I have a nice set of heads that has never beer
Race
Rallied
Overheated
Abused
With broken off studs at the exhaust ports and
Very big oversize Sparkplug inserts and very nicely crack between the valves

For those durty old heads of yours

If you twist my rubber arm I might do a deal with you for My lekker f t heads

What's the catch?

I like where you're going with this.................some really ncie details there........

pine the tank gets physicly turned around...i proper pic of the tank but this might help...



as you can see in the pic the hole has to be moved to the front of the tank wich is actually now back of the tank cause the hole is on the right hand side near the windscreen...and let me tell you it was a mission to do the conversion...i had to use my bajas tank cause the one in the buggy was VROT...

Pine give me a call for the head work.
Rui 082 830 6493