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On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 21:50, Jim Adney wrote: > On 20 Mar 2003 at 21:59, orntar@att.net wrote: > > > i have heard that the 1970 (only, not 70's) had a poor ally. too much > > mag or something. just checking, i have heard it from two vw shops and > > one machine shop. > > There was an alloy change, but that was well after type 3 were discontinued. > > I THINK that all the VW cases from 67-73 were cast from the same alloy. > They changed alloy in '70 case, for the better. the did it about the time that they went to the dual oil valves. -- 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