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Re: [T3] oh nooooooo! mystry tapping new motor


No help with this '64, but worn CV joints on the later ones does
this sort of thing.  As the suspension angle changes (sits back on
its rear uphill), the balls pop in and out of the grooves they have
worn over the years.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
www.hallvw.clara.net/
-----Original Message-----
From: MShaf74143@aol.com <MShaf74143@aol.com>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: 25 August 1998 14:26
Subject: [T3] oh nooooooo! mystry tapping new motor


>hello all!
>well I just put in a brand new stock 1776 motor this weekend and as
I was
>driving the car home we have this really big hill about a quarter
of a mile
>long before you reach the top, and all of the sudden a lot of loud
tapping! so
>right away I let of the gas and it stopped. put my foot back and
the noise
>came back. and so on.
snip
>mike shaffer
>63 1500 standard notch
>64 1500s sunroof notch ( mystry tapping???)
>66 variant


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