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On 14 Nov 97, James Kramer wrote:
> What's the best place to get engine seals? I'm familiar with Type 1
> engines but it strikes me that the Type 3 in question has a few
> seals missing. I assume this mainly because there are areas around
> the engine where I can see through to the car/ground underneath -
> and as you've pointed out, there should be good seals everywhere -
> certainly this is the case with teh T1.
The cooling is completely different on a T3. It is normal to see the
ground. Look at the back of the engine. You should see a large
black rubber bellows that sucks air in through the bodywork to cool
the engine. Because the T3 engine doesn't suck its cooling air in
from around itself it doesn't need those same seals.
I recommend you get two books:
Volkswagen Official Service Manual
Type 3 Fastback and Squareback 1968-1973
published by Robert Bentley, Cambridge, Mass, 1974
ISBN 0-8376-0057-X / LPV 997 383 / VSQU
(excellent book, complete and well written)
and,
How to Hotrod Volkswagen Engines
by Bill Fisher
published by H. P. Books, Tucson, AZ, 1970
(excellent book, well written and researched)
Together these will give you a pretty good idea of the right things
to do. They will cost a bit of money, but they will be well worth it
in the end.
Jim
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Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
Laura Kepner-Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin
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