Good, as It should be. How did you set your timing ? :thumbs-up:

Pull the engine if you are going to torque all head nuts. You will hate yourself  if you try this in the car. You could try torquing just the lower 4 . I have been known to get away this.  There are 2 diff. head stud sizes. 8mm torques to 18 foot pds and the 10mm torques to 25 ft pds. You need to know which one you have. If you get it wrong ,you can break 8mm.

David,
   
   I just now seen your post and I was thinking that you was talking to me. On the "how did you set your timing" So I took the timing light and turned the dial to 32 degrees, and revved it up and advanced it till the red mark was right in line with the break of the case. Umm was wandering something I readjusted the vavles today and ran her down the road. Everything ran fine except it seem to have a tick in it. Not loud really and not valves rattling up a hill.. It just seemed to have a tick tick tick in the engine.. IS this normal and should i readjust the valves? I set them all to .006.. Please let me know. Everything else seems fine.. And I actually think this is not a problem. Let me know thanks
   Aaron

Aaron , You probley have one valve that is a "tick" loose. Don`t sweat it unless it changes. I would drive it a while to let everything settle in ,Then re-adjust. Maybe a 100 miles or so. You need to change the oil in about 600 miles. You did good Kiddo. I didn`t know you had a advance light. Good show ! =D>

The stud itself is either 8mm or 10mm. The nut is 15mm on both.

The studs for your fuel pump, distributor clamp, generator stand and lots of others are 8mm.  They use a 13mm wrench, and the head nuts should use a 15mm wrench . . . but the 8mm head studs have the same threads.  Take a nut off of your fuel pump and see if it will thread onto your head studs . . . if it will, you have 8mm studs . . . if it's too small, they are 10mm.

Hmmmmm, Could be the LaFayette Mushrooms everyone is talking about. :lol:  :lol:

Zen,  I plan on visiting my Pop this weekend in FWB Fla, Its gonna be a tough journey and I will have to deal with all that sun and sand and fresh air, but I'm willing to endure the bikini's for fathers day. I still want to enlist your aid in resurrecting this frankenbeetle.  If the plans change I'll post ya.

Did you get a new motor in Homer yet?  The roads in Lafayette are missing the Majesty of the red and blue bus. Although the roads seem a bit less slippery with homer on dry dock.

The pulley timing mark on my bug is like a 1/2 CM to the right  of the engine block crack.  It seemd to run good there so  I was locked the Dist there.  bad idea huh?

Bugtech,  I dont' have any mushrooms but some of the acorns behind the fan shroud have sprouted,  I am hoping the roots will hold the car together and the shade may keep the engine cooler

Well Im back from FLA,  it was pure hell,  90 degrees, gentle breeze blowing in from the gulf.  Cooler full of beer, nothing to do but fish, eat,and drink and repeat. Real glad to be back.

Ok, retimed the dist,   Now the groove mark is about at 11oclock to the engine crack.  runs Ok,  won't idle well but the back fires have reduced some.  The little lens that was in the timing gun was all dirty so I opened the light and cleaned the strobe lens. Now I have a nice clean strobe lens but the little wire that goes into the stobe bulb broke.  Crikey. I busted my timing light.... fudge

WHile the timing light is is broken, The Generator light in the dash  is on. its pretty and red and is always staring at me.  the fan belt is real  loose. and that is with out any washers between the 2 pulley halves. I only have 2 thin washer spacers. I went to o' Riellys and got a fat belt  to replace the skinny belt,  Now the belt is too tight .. wacky huh?  I  have not  tried the fat tight belt out yet, but a VW guy at work named Jason said a loose belt would make the generator not work.  
Any one have any extra generator washers?

 I'm also looking for my multi-meter. I think I will press  the 2 generator wires against my tongue, Thats a good way to check 9 volt batterries.   I should be able to see if the generatore is generating doing that.  ANy IDeas?