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On 4 Nov 97, Scott A. Johnson wrote:
> I rebuilt my carbs on a '67 fastback this weekend, and put it all
> back
> together. I read the manual (Haynes) and followed the directions.
> Now, last night, I was reading Tom Wilson's (?) How to Rebuild VW
> Engines, and he mentions getting extra sets of carb to phenolic
> block gaskets. What is a phenolic block? Is it like a spacer that
> goes between the carb and the head?
Phenolic is a type of plastic. These spacers are brown and go
between the heads and the intake manifolds. They are there as
thermal insulators to limit how much heat gets into the carbs.
Jim
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Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
Laura Kepner-Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin
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