Posted by Notjustair on March 01, 2014 at 17:12:29 from (174.255.0.50):
In Reply to: feature night,,,,,,,,, posted by larry@stinescorner on March 01, 2014 at 16:10:10:
I rebuilt scads of aircooled VW engines starting when I was 14. I would buy one with a bad engine, do a rebuild a fix it up, then sell it and start over. I did all of them on the dirt floor of the barn and cleaned up the parts with leaded gas and a paint brush. I didn't know enough to be concerned about dirt.
The last was an engine for my Farmall M loader tractor. I'm not any faster at it than I used to be but I am a lot more meticulous! I used to do it for fun but now it is only out of necessity. It is insane how the cost of rebuilding has gone up. I remember when I told everyone that when a rebuild cost me $700 I was done rebuilding engines. That was for ALL new internal parts and block/head machining.
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