Aircooled VW South Africa

so i got this sexy late bay few months back and it was standing for over a year when i bought it, license was behind few months and had a lot of missing parts. but the sad this was the day i bought it a friend was driving it home and engine locked, seems like a valve drop to me ( 2l Aircooled motor with a webber 4way exit setup) so as sad is i was that same day a awesome friend of my donated a 1600 single port motor to me to get it back on the road, as this was my 1st late bay build i did not know that the 1600 with a 2l transmission wouldn't work so well so after driving for about a month with the SP 1600 motor it started to sound really loud and i couldn't handle the nose any longer, when i had a closer look it seemed that the flywheel had came loose, so it has been standing for a while now as i want to get the 2l motor sorted myself n get it back in, instead of fixing a 1600 that wouldn't run well with the 2l transmission, i could also take my other 1600 box from my late crew cab but i'm afraid once i start striping from that project it will progress and i will end up not finishing it. so there is my story of my late executive bay if there is anyone that can advise me on 2l motors or direct me to someones who knows a lot i will gladly appreciate the help.

this is the single port 1600 i put in after i got the valve drop with the original 2l. jus got the motor from a friend and cleaned it up a but n sprayed tinware n installed a temp exhaust my 1200 dog shroud and a alternator.

bought a few square meters of super thick rubber based carpet and cut it to size and had the end overlocked, i also found a air filter i gave to a friend a while back and i needed one for this 1600 motor so i got it back since he was not using it.

Hi There,

I really like the look of the carpet. Very nice,

I read earlier this week that the input shaft of the 2L gearbox needs to be cut shorter by about 8-10 mm in order for the 1600 and the 2L box to work properly together.
The down side to this is that once you start cutting the shaft, I dont know how happy a 2L engine would be about that.

Have a look at the following link - it will explain better than I can...
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=483408

hope it helps?

hey hendriks
thanks a lot for that i think that could have coursed my flywheel to come loose
i gave my 2l motor a nice clean and opened it up today to have a look at what exactly happened and i was shocked il post some pics now, but i plan to fix this 2l motor and put it in my executive


























let me know what you guys think. im on the lookout for 2L pistons, head n sleeves now.

I have crack free heads, check the for sale section...

just an update on my 74 bus so far, decided to go for a 1600 single port and rebuilt it instead of rebuilding the 2L yer are some pictures of my backyard build lol hope you enjoy

Block ready for clean up and spray:


















Tinware and shroud:






before alternator polish:




During polish:










After polish n spray:






Tapped covers and Startup assembly:












GOING HOME:






2L out and waiting to go in;


Almost there:




Some small needed parts that got lost needed to be made:




i will post some pictures of the final assembly and startup aswell as the engine bay clean n spray job
thanks for reading, comments and suggestions are highly appreciated

lekker man! that looks good,

thanks for posting the pics and progress.

Good stuff keep up the good work! I like that SC!