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On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 12:44, Daniel Baum wrote: > I thought there were supposed to be two paper gaskets - one on each side of > the baffle. This is how the books show it and how my car was before I took > it apart. > Nope, that is where the books are wrong. I have noticed this before. The very first baffle came without the ridge, and had 2 very thin gaskets glued to it. This was superceded within 6 months, and then you could only get the ones with the rib. The plates with the gasket were a thinner aluminum. IIRC, this baffle started in about 1965. My virgin '64 engine did not have one in it. It does now. http://classicvw.org/gallery/Engine-progress/cooler_spacer?full=1 That is about the best shot I have of a baffle plate, and notice how it is oriented. That is how they go. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~