You do it when you're building the engine. You can do it without any visual aids, but it's easiest to do this if you buy a bottle of model paint.
The cam timing system on an aircooled VW engine has a fairly small gear on the crankshaft, and a large one on the camshaft. The gear on the cam has a dot ground into one tooth; the gear on the crank has a dot on two adjacent teeth. You paint the teeth to make it easier to pick them out because those dots aren't very large at all. But whether you do or not, lay a case half on the table with the side the crank goes in facing up and install the crank and cam bearing shells in the case. Set the crank into them, and rotate it until you can see the two teeth on the crank gear. Mesh the cam gear with the crank gear so the dot on the cam gear is between the two dots on the crank gear. Roll the cam down into its bearings. (You DID put some assembly lube on them, right?) Now rotate the crank a few revolutions while watching the gears. If the dotted tooth on the cam gear always winds up right between the dotted teeth on the crank gear, you've done it right.
No, most were liquid cooled. The (original) Beetle and possibly the Type 2 (not sure on the latter) were the air-cooled Volkswagens.
a 912 Porsche engine will fit in a beetle
It should.. I have a 79 1600cc in my 65 beetle.
four stroke air-cooled diesel engine
The type I Beetle engine was used in the VW bus (with slight mods) from 1950 to 1971. In 1972, the bus received the new type IV engine, although certain counrties continued to use the type I Beetle motor. So yes. Check your flywheel to ensure it is the correct one.
From 1972 to 1979 the VW micro bus uses a type IV "Pancake" version of the air cooled flat four motor. Pre 1972 VW buses use the upright air cooled motor identical to the versions used in the VW Beetle's of the era. VW then experimented with a water cooled version of the flat four engine(Wasserboxer), this lasted a few short years and VW moved all vehicles to their water cooled inline and similar standard engines.
In the 1967 Type 1 Beetle you had the 1500 cc engine, the Type 3 had the 1600 cc.
The number indicates a VW typ1 beetle, not the year. The 111 prefix indicates a 1971 type 1 Beetle #101102 off the line.
The Volkswagen Type 3 Motor, also known as the pancake motor (a name it shares with the Type 4 motor), is basically a VW Type 1/ Type 2 motor with a rearranged cooling system.As with Type 1 motors, the engine is composed of 4 horizontally opposed finned cylinders which are cooled by air. The engine has 8 vavles actuated by a central camshaft and pushrods. The engine is cooled by the a constant supply of rapidly moving air as opposed to the flow of coolant found in most car motors. Oil also plays a large part in cool the motor, and VW air-cooled motors all have an oil cooler. Due to its air-cooled nature the Volkswagen engine lacks a whole system of moving parts, increasing it reliablity. In the T3 motor the fan is attached to the end of the crankshaft, where the fan pulley is normally attached on the T1/Beetle. The fan rotates at the same speed as the engine and drives a generator via a pulley and a belt. The air is vented from the fan back across the engine over the cylinders and through a doghouse style oil
The fuel pump on a stock Type 1 Beetle is located on top of the engine case to the immediate left of the alternator.
Figure out your engine type, then ask how to set timing on a 1988 corvette ***** engine. That should help you a great deal.
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