Product Description

Complete details for rebuilding air-cooled engines in all chassis from 1961 to 1983: Beetle, Ghia, Bus, Squareback, 411/412 and Porsche 914. The text includes chapters on how to remove, disassemble, inspect and assemble engines, and recondition cylinder heads and crankcase internals.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #60249 in Books
• Published on: 1987-01-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

a jewel!!
Very complete and usefull manuel for the VW air cool enthousiast or owner. A must have!!!

How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen Air-Cooled Engine
Me encanto, el libro de Tom Wilson, Glen Grissom es un libro que te lleva de la mano en la evaluacion y reparacion para el motor de tu vocho, exelente y bien descrito paso a paso.

Professional Grade Advice
Tom Wilson's book brings the mystique of engine rebuilding down to a level that your average backyard mechanic can understand. It is as easy to use as John Muir's book when is comes to rebuilding a VW engine. It does not take hundreds of hours to do nor does it take thousand of dollars. Rebuild kits with cylinders, pistons, etc are relatively cheap and, if these parts are servicable, a gasket kit and rings will be well under a hundred dollars. I rebuilt my engine for about three hundred dollars and it runs like a charm. It took one week to do part time; about twenty hours. Little in the way of specialized equipment is needed. Machining, if needed, is usually minimal and not costly. I only have the usual range of socket wrenches and stuff and no specialized equipment. Muir's book even tells you how to make inexpensive substitutes that work excedingly well. Wilson's book cuts to the chase and tells you what you need to know. If you have an average level of mechanical ability you can do this.