Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

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A little bit of history.

bus came with Porsche 914 heads which I had rebuilt at Streetsboro Foreign Auto

also with a progressive Weber carb which I quickly learned that it's a setup that Chuck vehemently despises :)

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My engine ready to be installed. It lasted 20 miles - half ways home from the shop it broke down and I had to tow it. By then Elmar already left for vacation so I was on my own.

The camshaft got rounded in no time. Here it is next to a new one for comparison

Brand new hydraulic lifters after only 20 miles

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Enter LEAKOIL. I want to express my gratitude again to Bill, Chuck, Mike, Rick, Brandon, Danny and whomever else might have contributed to my engine rebuild while I was not there. It is truly amazing how people of the same interest come together to help.

engine stripped and power washed

case split and cleaned

garbage pile

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At this point I learned lots of new things, like don't touch Chuck's tools I am also the designated beer guy.

Chuck removing galley plugs

and re threading them

Division of labor: Rick cleans parts while Chuck yells indiscriminately at whomever :)

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a little cross hatch pattern left on cylinders

Chuck organizes stuff

while Mike gives me a crash course on cross drilled oil passages

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New silverlines. We joke about signing the main bearings

instead I settle on the case. Btw right about now the bus is called the blue turd

Rick lets me install a bearing when Chuck's not looking

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ready for crank shaft work

fitment sorcery

Chuck yelling at Rick for rods touching the case and at Mike for not having the cam gear assembled, I think.

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engine coming together

lining up the camshaft marks

blood and sweat gasket

new AMC heads on

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tin parts painted, holes for the porsche plugs capped

fuel injection donor engine

blower housing blasted nice and clean

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Chuck went all out and thoroughly cleaned and painted the push rod tubes

Chuck testing thermostats

Fuel injection conversion under way