my63vw

As you know, the VW Type1 engine didnt have an oil filter from factory, so many diferent ways to put a filter where developed over the years, here i talked about the old FRAM bypass filters, cause i have one, but another method - and a better one - was created a lot of time ago, i think arround late 60’s, (they talk about this on the “How To Hotrod VW Engines” book by Bill Fisher - really good book - ), and it is called the “FullFlow” this cosist in the use of a modern fullflow filter, but to install it on the engine you need to do some work, is not that hard, ill show you how i did in the case im going to assemble my 2110.

First you will need the pieces to made the threads, you will need one for 3/8 and another for 1/4. First you will need to remove one of the plugs, the one that covers the hole you see in front coming from the oil pump (the pictures will show you), then make a nice thread in 3/8, here you will conect the filter’s outlet. Then you will need to tap the hole where the oil pump’s exit meet the case, to do that make a 1/4 thread and use a tap with alen head to fit it all the way thru the hole, the same need to be done to the oil pump body, cause you will use an special oil pump cover, so the oil will come out from the pump in this hole and go to the filter then enter the case thru the 3/8 hole.

I’ll try to explain how i did to disassemble and assemble again the mirror in my 63, cause i dont have pictures of that, and it was one year ago, it might be not acurate as it whould.

First of all, my mirror was really ugly, rusty, and the glass wasnt good, it has a lot of scratches and was moldy, with that in mind i finally broke the glass to see how the mirror was assembled.

I found that it has something like a rivet to hold the part with the glass to the base, and i nedeed to separate it to crome, cause the first is aluminium and it is not cromed, so i tried to put the rivet’s sides apart, when i did it, removed a washer and that was all. (im not sure if it has a spring beween the washer and the bottom, it could be).
Then, i sended the base to crome and the rest was polished, the overall is good, but cause the base was rusted, the suface is not soft, it has some small holes on it.

Assembling was a diferent story, cause the rivet’s sides were so delicate they broke and was imposible to use the same method again, so we make a hole in the base, right in the midle were the rivet was, the hole is a litle bit less that 3/16, then we make a thread (3/16) on it, after that was done, we used a bolt to put togheder the two parts, the bolt is really tight, but you have to be carefull and not tight it to much cause you can damage the thread and lost all the work, dont forget to put a washer between.

I went to a shop where they sell glasess and mirrors and the guy there cut it to exactly the size and shape i needed, he give some silicone or something like that to put the glass in the holder, it was easy and worked nice.

Here is a litle draw i made to show you how it is, is not hard at all, just be carefull and spend the time it needs.