Best type 4 engine rebuild book or guide? |
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Best type 4 engine rebuild book or guide? |
Tdskip |
Apr 26 2019, 08:02 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,697 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Looking to learn more about our engines, I've found rebuild guides to be a great resources on some of my other cars.
Is there a go-to source for these you can recommend? Thanks! |
Dave_Darling |
Apr 26 2019, 11:56 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,048 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
They're all good, but none is perfect. If nothing else, they were written a while ago, and the parts have gotten older and technology has gotten better. And more expensive in many ways.
One part of Wilson's book that was particularly confusing to me is where he talks about the cam timing marks. He addresses all of the engines in one paragraph, which makes it very easy to mix up what you're reading. You can cross-check with the Haynes manual or just remember that the one marked tooth on the one gear goes in between the two marked teeth on the other gear... The Raby video is pretty good for showing you what happens when you have no surprises, and when a team of elves gets everything cleaned up and prepped ahead of time. Then again, the video would be about thirty hours long if he showed us all of the various "surprises" he found, and another forty hours long if he showed all of the cleaning and prep... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Combine a couple of the above-mentioned sources with this forum, though, and it should work out pretty well. --DD |
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