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What civilian ign are you using? Is there an easy way to check to advance versus RPM? Obviously, at idle and start close to TDC it would start and idle fine, but at RPM you would lose power versus RPM W/O advance and it would be considerable and to the point were at higher RPM it would run very badly.

I don't think it's unusual for reverse braking to be weaker than forward braking. That's been my experience, and one reason why I hate backing up down grade. If you have one bad rear brake have you sensed any fishtailing? After I do an adjustment, I run the rig down a grade than apply some hard brak...

The Slave cylinders are easily rebuilt in place W/O touching any of the fittings.
That's assuming of course the inside bores are free of corrosion. If not then
there's the risk of "Plumbers ripple effect"

I brought my drums to a small local machine shop. They let me walk their shop, I was looking for what jobs they did besides turning drums. Saw heads and other engine parts at various stages and they looked good. So I felt these guys won't peel all the meat off my drums. I asked them to take off as l...

Did this brake overhaul a few weeks ago. Drums and Shoes. After turning all four were well under the 287 max limit. I stuck with the standard size and after braking them in, followed by a second adjustment they are great. Unless you are at the MAX limit, I'd avoid the larger shoes. They too will nee...

Just measured the spare cylinders, measures at 129.0 mm. I don't know what model Pinz
these were pulled from. But this now adds a wee bit of a wrinkle in using them as a spare.
Darn good to know !!

I keep learning something new about these trucks over and over again :shock: Another good example of the value this forum brings. I didn't realize there were 3 cylinder lengths. And up to 2mm in difference! That's actually a lot. SAV does not indicate length on their NEW 92's or re-bored 93's I pres...

I don't know about others experiences, but I find that when I run with a wee
bit more advance and 89 Octane, my 712 just runs a bit better than with regular 87.
Just a bit smoother at low RPM, and no hesitation. I do run 91 in the 710 but that's
a different setup with 2.7L + EFI.

I should have added something to my prior comments. If there's good reason to tear down the top end, e.g. low compression due to worn rings, head issues etc... Then that opens the door to make modifications. Or use a standard Cylinder/Head refresh. Going the standard route would restore full stock c...

What are you measuring for Compression ratio? On the 1'st cycle you should see in the ballpark of 120 psi, then the 3'rd cycle about 130 psi. The Pinz engine is fine with Octane ratings above 87, back in that day gas was leaded and "regular" was higher. Back to your question w.r.t higher c...

Falling short of a local Pinz buddy who could take your Pinz on as a project... Try searching for a shop that repairs/restores classic VW's and/or Porch. A Pinz might peek their interest and it would certainly not be completely foreign (no pun intended) to them. Look on https://www.thesamba.com/vw/s...

I'll say it's not perfect! That shade of blue on the Ramsey logo is off by 1/10'th of a shade

Ramsey's are my go to winch these days and I gotta say this one looks like it just rolled off the
assembly line in OK

ron

Depends on why you want to drop the tanks. Taking them down and putting them back up is about an hour job (each). But I presume your going after a problem, which might be the gating item. From my own experience, I had dropped my tank to gussy it up with a paint job but then noticed symptoms of Read ...

Find a socket the same diameter as the drain plug, place the flat side up against the
plug and give it a good wallop. Might help to break it free, and might not. Penetrating
oil won't help.

Longer edge DOWN.

With respect to the a solid mount, that will increase the torque on the Camshaft Housing
possibly leading to a gasket failure. The starter is mounted directly on that housing,
the mount has rubber in there for a reason.