KEN CSERVENCKA
The VW Air-Cooled Engine is a no-nonsense engine manual that any practical-minded person can understand, giving a highly illustrated step-by-step guide to dismantling and rebuilding a Type 1 engine. Most of the operations described in the book can be applied to the Type 4 unit used in 1700, 1800 and 2-litre Transporter models as well.
Topics covered include:
Workshop essentials
Keeping the engine healthy
Removing and stripping down the engine
Examination of the engine components
Reassembling the engine and ancillaries
Full specifications of the various Type 1 and Type 4 engines