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On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 22:07, Jim Adney wrote: . > > The only cases I have ever heard of where an engine was damaged was when a hard > to start car was pushed by another car to try to get it running. I used to park > at a gas station where they kept a trophy: a Corvette piston and rod from a car > they had pushed to 30 mph and then popped the clutch in 1st gear. The rod was > somewhat buckled, but they told me that the car actually started and ran after > that. It just ran poorly. > I and my father had this experience with a ford flat head motor with water in one cylinder. We push started the car, and blew out the side of a cylinder wall. When I replace a mechanical fuel pump, I pack the base of the pump, and the fiber block with grease. If the diaphram leaks, it will wash out the grease. Orginally VW shipped their engines that way. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/