Theair-cooledVolkswagenenginepropelleditsfirstautomobiledowntheroadin1936.Sincethen,tensofmillionsoftheseGermanengineswereproduced,poweringiconicautomobilessuchastheVWBeetle,KarmannGhia,andVWBusallacrosstheworld.EitherinType1orType4configurations,thelastinglegacyofanenginethatsurvivedmorethan70yearsandhundredsofautomotiveandaviationmarqueapplicationsresonateswithenthusiastsastojusthowreliableandeffectivethis"littleenginethatcould"was.Withsomanyoftheseenginesproducedoversuchalongduration,it'sonlynaturalthattherewouldbeaneedtorebuildoneoftheseair-cooledenginesatsomepointintime.RoyHenningofMoFoCoEnterprises,Inc.,takeshisdecadesofexperienceinthefamilybusinessandappliesittothisfirsteverstep-by-stepVWair-cooledrebuildbook.Tackledarethetasksofdisassembly,cleaning,inspection,servicing,partsselection,testfitting,finalassembly,andstartupandbreakinproceduresinaneasy-to-follow,chronologicalformat.Thisbookwillbeacontinualsourceofinformationasyoutraversethrougheachprocessfromstarttocompletion.
It'sabouttimeathorough,hands-onrebuildbookhasbeenauthoredbyaleadingauthoritywhohasdecadesofexperiencewithair-cooledVWengines.Thesavingsalonefromoutsourcingtimeandlaborwillmakethisbookaworthwhileinvestment.