Beetle 1300 Single Port Heads Headache

[Tony Z]

the high rpm "break in" is for a new cam
rev it once or twice to make sure it gets a little oil and then drive

[73type2]

Great, thanks.

[73type2]

I decided to replace the leaking main and transmission seals while the engine is out.

[73type2]

If you don’t have the original Beetle spark plug wires, or are cheap like me, you can use Bougi wires and add a little rubber disk to seal the hole:

[73type2]

Another headache for me is to find a properly fitting oil breather hose. I wanted cloth covered 1/2inch hose, but couldn’t find it, so I resorted to using general purpose hose. The problem is that it’s too stiff and puts too much tension on the airfilter fitting. A plastic irrigation elbow fitting sorted it out:

[Haans]

nothing wrong with that boet !!!! boer maak n plan that's what it's all about

haans