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On 21 Mar 2005 at 15:36, Daniel Baum wrote: > > What gaskets did you use where the intake runners go on the heads?? I > > hope not the metal ones that came in the gasket set?? If so, you might > > as well start tearing it back apart. The metal ones are for the Type 1 > > only. The FI engines take the 3/16" thick plastic type gasket. Yes, the metal gaskets were only for dual port beetles. It's unfortunate that the gasket sets don't come with the right gaskets for us here. The photo in the Hanes book is one of the mistakes that one finds in most manuals. I think if you read the forward in the Haynes manual they explain that they get their info and photos by actually tearing down a car. In this case, they tore down a car which had already been taken apart and put together wrong, and they didn't recognize the error. The dual carb type 3 engines used a single fiber gasket between the head and the intake manifold. I have these and also use them on both sides of the OE phenolic spacers that the FI uses. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~