How do I remove a 1600 single-port engine on a VW bug?

i have a 1970 VW 1600 single-port that i messed up. I want to take it out and put in another 1600 dual port but i have no intelligence in VW. Any info is helpful.How do I remove a 1600 single-port engine on a VW bug?Last guy has the idea but it helps to have your wife there doing the wiggling and lowering of the jack while from the side you are wiggling the motor from the exhaust.How do I remove a 1600 single-port engine on a VW bug?
the motor drops put the bottom, look under it, you'll see.How do I remove a 1600 single-port engine on a VW bug?You will need to remove most of the tin from the engine bay first disconnect any electrical like the alternator, distributor cables and wires disconnect the fuel line probably take off the carb and the cooling fan. once you get most of that off there are 4 bolts that hold the engine to the tranny. Check out this website they have alot of advice



http://www.thesamba.com



also a great news group is a google group



rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled



and last if you haven't already go out and buy the idiot book for your bug it's called "How to keep your Volkswagen Alive for the complete idiot" %26lt;-------Awesome Book well worth the moneyHow do I remove a 1600 single-port engine on a VW bug?
why not rebuild, their not a dificult motor to work on. you can even up grade the motor to go faster.

Start by put a jack under the rear axle. open the hood, you might have to take off exust, to be able to drop the engine to the floor after unbolting the four big bolt on the tranmission. all the wrench you use will be metric, the exust is like a 11 or 13 m and the tranmission bolts are like 17m

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They give advise and walk you through it!How do I remove a 1600 single-port engine on a VW bug?Easy... here we go.



1) Get a floor jack, an old tire, some jack stands and a bunch of metric tools ... 13mm, 10mm, 15mm and 16mm should be in there., latex gloves, hand cleaner, wipes, and a few beers.



1.5) Before you start, do yourself a favor and take the car down to a local do it yourself carwash with a couple of cans of engine cleaner. Clean that thing off ... top, bottom, inside, outside, etc... just keep the distributor dry so it can restart and get you to the work site.



2) Block the wheel and raise up the rear as high as you can. Put the jack stands to support the car.



3) Remove the four nuts and bolts that hold the engine on. Start with the two on the bottom so you can see what they look like. On the top one is holding the starter and one may be reversed and be inside the engine compartment between the fan shroud and the firewall. don't lose the nuts/bolts.



4) Disconnect the gas line where the rubber hose meets the brass tube. Jam a pencil into the hose and then clamp it down.



5) Pull the wiring loose.. there is only one umbilical cord in the engine compartment and only about 6 connections. Mark each one if you are not sure you will remember which goes where.



6) Disconnect the heater boxes (under the car again) - both sides and remove or disconnect the hot air ducts.



7) Accelerator cable.. look for it. it connects the carb to the foot pedal and comes out in the tube under the car in the engine... do NOT forget this or loose the little clamp assembly.



8) OK.. you are ready now.. put the jack under the middle of the engine and put a wooden board between them. Jack it up to just a bit of tension but not much. Ok.. here we go...



9) Grab on to the tail pipes and start wiggling and pulling. With a combination of this plus raising and lowering the jack to clear the body of the vw the engine will slide right out.



10) once it is out keep it balanced and lower the engine to the ground... tip it back (it only weighs about 200 lbs so it tips easily and slide the jack out and the old tire under it.



11 Drag the engine out, using the jack to raise that side of the car since it never seems to be high enough.



12) There it is.. reverse the process to re-install it.



13) Remember those beers? Nows the time.



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