In 1973 I bought a 1972 Super Beetle that had the engine missing. It had low miles and an old 1600cc engine came with it. The original engine had been stolen. The owner told me his son was involved in that, but wasn't charged since he testified against the thieves.
I rebuilt the old engine with new bearings, cylinder barrels, had the valves ground, some of the exhaust valves needed replacing. Had to split the case to remove the crankshaft. One old piston had a hole in it.
After I installed the engine it seem to below on power wouldn't climb a small hill in fourth. My VW manual said not to adjust the main jet adjusting screw. I called the local VW shop about the low power and I thought the engine was getting too warm. They said to throw away the shop manual and open that main jet adjusting screw. That fixed the power and overheating.
I had bought the car to resell, but my wife wanted it so we kept it. The piston that had the hole was caused by a lean fuel mixture. Hal
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Today's Featured Article - Old Time Threshing - by Anthony West. A lovely harvest evening late September 1947, I was a school boy, like all school boys I loved harvest time. The golden corn ripens well and early, the stoking, stacking,.... the drawing in with the tractors and trailers and a few buck rakes thrown in, and possibly a heavy horse. It would be a great day for the collies and the terrier dogs, rats and mice would be at the bottom of the stacks so the dogs, would have a busy time hunting and killing, all the corn was gathered and ricked in what we c
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