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And Constantino is yet another of our listees who has his Reply to: field filled in. ;-) On 28 Jan 2005 at 14:57, Constantino Tobio wrote: > While we're on the subject, does anyone know why, starting in '73, the > drain plug was removed from the sump plate, such that you couldn't > drain your oil first, then remove the plate, but rather had to drop > the whole sump plate down with the sump full of oil, producing some > messy fun? It was done so that you could not drain the oil without also cleaning our the sump plate and filter screen. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~