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<x-charset iso-8859-1>There is one more unknown: I don't know whether my old lever, the one I got with the car, is the original one from the car. Is it possible that some time during the car's miserable life the original was exchanged for a Type 1 lever? How would I tell the difference between a Type 3 lever that has lost its plastic grip, and a Type 1 lever? Regards, Daniel Baum '69 Type 34 automatic > On 25 Jan 2002, at 11:31, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > I am installing a new handbrake lever in my 1969 Type 34. to replace the > > rather messy one that the car came with. > > > > I followed Bentley and Haynes, and everything seemed pretty easy for a > > change, when I came up against the usual unexpected problem. The button from > > the old one won't fit the new one. They two levers are completely identical, > > except that the new one has the plastic grip on the end. The old one looks > > like it had it once but lost it. Do I have to remove the grip to put the > > button in, or do I have the wrong button? > > I've never seen a problem here. The button should be black. Even with the > grip in place, the button normally slips in and out without interference. I > thought the ID of the handle tube and the end of the grip were the same. > Does this grip have a small white plastic piece which locks it in place to the > handle? It should; it's on the underside, toward the pivot. > > The thumb end of the grip on a 69 should be "cut" at a bevel, while I think the > beetles used a different grip which was somewhat skimpier and cut straight. > VW switched to the "cheaper" grip for 73 type 3s, but your 34 should have > the nice type 3 one. > > - > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe > </x-charset>