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The crack is at the oil pump. Last year the stud snapped off at the block so I tried to drill it out and then tap it. Drill slipped and broke off a chunk of the block that also went into the stud hole. (It wasn't pretty.) Now I have a steady drip that causes me to park above a drip pan that has collected quiet a bit of oil. My local VW guy tried to fix it but as you could tell, it didn't work. Jim, I was hoping you would see this post. Could you tell me how much a case would be if you had to ship it to NJ? Contact me off list if you want. I would like to stay with a T3 case so I can build up later. -- John 65 square (weezer) 04 jetta It may be ugly but she's all mine! > > > #2 This winters project will be a new engine block. I have a small crack in > > a non vital area that keeps dripping. Should I go new or used? How is the T3 > > block different than the Type 1 block? (oil cooler/engine mount?) What is a > > decent price for either one? > > Where's your crack? Things like this are almost always a sign of significant > other problems, like main bearing studs whose nuts have come loose. > > I have good used late style type 3 cases. These would be your best bet for an > upgrade. In most cases, I wouldn't try to fix a cracked case, except as a > temporary measure. > > The correct universal case would be okay, but I hear that there are some > problems with some of the "super" cases that have been marketed lately. Perhaps > they've been corrected by now, but I've always started with a good used OG type > 3 case and that automatically gives me everything I need. I send these to RIMCO > for align boring and case savers and they've always worked fine for me after > that. > > Don't try to start from a type 1 case. There are only a handful of differences, > and they can all be corrected, but it will mean headaches for you in the long > run. The differences are in the oil filler pipe, dipstick tube, oil pressure > switch hole, oil cooler stud. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~