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On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 21:57, Jim Adney wrote: > On 12 Jul 2003 at 1:20, David V.N. wrote: > > > "Plastic locknut insert"? Melted? Something was wrong here. Was the thermostat > opening the flaps? Were the flaps frozen in place, or the thermostat not > adjusted right? Thermostat dead? > I was cleaning up the cooling tin on my '66, getting ready to put the engine back together. I found that the cooling flaps are frozen solid in the fan housing. This is something you may want to check. Less than 10 miles at 85 mph should not cook a head or a piston. I do this all the time with my '71 FB FI Automatic. How are your air intake boot and air flow from the fender louvers? You don't have a Fastback or Squareback with Notchback rear fenders?? -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org