Re: gauges

[Walters <WALTEE@prodigy.net>]

Toby Erkson wrote:
>  I agree with much of what GB says but there are some things that I
> don't agree with (like his view point on high hp engines running cool like
> a stocker).  I think that his viewpoint on temp gauges is off as well.
> My opinionated three cents,
>      Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
>      '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
>      '75 Porsche 914 1.8L
>      Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/
All you Type IIIer's, and Toby E. in particooler,
Just spent the morning pulling out the heater boxes from the Notch. Had
scored some new (unused) ones, got them home, and found out that they
are without the stock heater flaps in place. Looked identical from the
outside, just didn't have the lever on the end. Pulled the (rotted) ones
off the car and found that if I drilled out the spot welds on the snout
where the flex tube attaches, and flipped off the cap that was crimped
in place, I could pull the whole "snout and flap" assembly out. Ditto
drilling the new boxes, 86 the non-flapped snouts, put the flapped ones
in their place, weld up the drill holes and that secures the new snouts
in place.
Now I have *new* heater boxes, never before used, complete with asbestos
blankets on them (!). What we won't do to have "new" parts, huh? My wife
came home, saw me up to my fatushka in grease and parts, and asked why
is it that whenever you buy parts for that car, they're never the right
ones? It's great isn't it? 
AAR, about the thread going on about VDO's, could Toby E. possibly tell
me what Gene B. said about temp. gauges? I have a VDO's in mine and I'm
not really thrilled about the temps its giving (~200 degrees F. at the
head stud, and that seems a little on the low side, doesn't it?) and I'm
wondering if I'm missing something here. Thanks again.
David Walters
'73 1600 L Notch
S. FL, USA