How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen Air-Cooled Engine

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Air-Cooled VW Engine Rebuilding Made Easy

Don't just keep your VW engine alive, make it new! Complete details for rebuilding air-cooled engines in all chassis from '61-'83: Beetle, Ghia, Bus, Squareback, 411/412, and Porsche 914. Includes comprehensive chapters on how to:

• Troubleshoot engine and decide to rebuild
• Remove, disassemble, inspect, and assemble engine
• Recondition cylinder heads and crankcase internals

Invaluable parts identification and interchange section tells what parts can be swapped where, and specifies the best parts for durability or performance.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Time to Rebuild?
• Engine Removal
• Parts Identification and Interchange
• Teardown
• Crankcase and Cylinder Reconditioning
• Cylinder Head Reconditioning
• Engine Assembly
• Engine Installation, Break-in, Tune-up
• Index

Concise text and 500 photos, drawings and charts lead you through each rebuilding step. Finish with an engine ready for thousands of miles of service!

How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen Air-Cooled Engine