5Volkswagen's air-cooled engine is a simple and reliable unit that can be maintained by anyone with a basic tool kit and a willingness to learn. The VW Air-Cooled Engine is your guide, giving highly illustrated step-by-step descriptions covering all the tasks you are likely to encounter, from routine servicing 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.