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<x-charset iso-8859-1>And to add one other suggestion: Bentley simply says .006! Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Valve setting history > On 29 Oct 2001, at 18:53, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > I just checked my '71 owners manual, (page 96), and the recommended valve > > clearance is .006 for both intake and exhaust. > > Jesus, Russ, just when we thought we had started to make sense > out of this you go and get us all confused again! ;-) > > My .004 manual was printed in Germany in 8/71. It was the manual > delivered with the car when it was picked up in Germany under the > tourist delivery program. I suppose that VWoA had a separate > printing which got this change in sooner, but I wouldn't think that > VWoA could have been ahead of VW AG. > > OTOH, this may simply have been a warrantee issue, and VWoA > may have done this before VW AG to reduce the warrantee claims > they were paying for. > > When and where was yours printed? > > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > > </x-charset>