LarryA
500+ Posts
nice solve on the breather problem....sure like the gen/crank pulley and shield treatment...clean and technical!
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A little update. I got the engine all back together and wanted to do something different with the air cleaner. I decided to go with a stock one. I figured VW put a lot of thought into what was best. I bought a 1972 one off ebay. It's the last year of oil bath cleaners and it's made of metal. In 1973 they went with a plastic one with a paper element.
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It had a flapper inside the snout for cold weather running. I don't run it in the winter so I cleaned it up a bit.
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I cut the old snout off and made a new one.
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All painted and mounted. There's only one problem, it's too tall for the body to fit back on. I'm not worried, I have a plan.
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Step one in the solution. That's as far as I got today.