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My god,the alzheimer's setting in. I missed this thread too. dammit! "Dont'cha love it when a plan comes together?" David V. Nelson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Gaskets & stuff [was Spin] > On 23 Jul 2003 at 7:55, Aaron Clow wrote: > > > Next time I get to my car I'm actually going to be > > putting things back together for a change. I'm > > starting from putting on new pistons & cylinders & > > going on from there. Anything else anyone can think of > > that it's better NOT to go the default route? I > > would've just put the metal gaskets on if not for this > > thread... > > For the FI type 3s you need a special gasket consisting of a bakelite insulator > between 2 paper gaskets. I have these if you need them. > > You will also find that the gasket set probably won't include the right oil > cooler seals either, if your type engine is a late one (70-3) with the dual oil > control valves in the case. I have a FAQ on choosing the right gasket if you're > not absolutely certain about what goes in there. > > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org >