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Fellow T3 enthusiasts! (especially Toby and Jim, which had to take most of the fat shit I«ve been talking...) All right, allright (groan) - I confess: I«m a babbeling dumbass, that talks a lot whitout really having a grip on the subject. Especially, as it seems, in this weeks oil filter discussion. Serious memory loss is my only defence and excuse. Maybe I need a shrink...? At least my wife think so, regarding to my VW fascination! OK - Here«s the background story to my mistake: Back in -88 I was busy assembling a customized -59 bug ( screaming yellow paint, 3 inch roof chop, 1-piece windows, dropped front susp, etc) and needed a fresh engine. Stumbeled over a factory exchange engine that was almost new from the shelf. It had been in the back of a -72 Fastback that had rusted up totally. This "goldnugget" I stripped down and converted into a T1 upright engine! I also put the tranny and the brakes from the Fasty into the bug. (Hey! Stop throwing tomatoes...I hadn«t yet seen the light, and didn«t know what a sin I commited...) On a late T1 engine , the oil cooler is mounted on a adapter onto the crankcase. It was this gizmo that tricked my mermory. I was SO SURE, as I tried to remember the construction of things during our discussion last week, that the oil cooler on a T3 was attached to the crankcase in the same manner as above, with a adapter in between. There, in my imagination, I saw the possibility to connect a filter. Last night, howewer, after driving my latest love home (the -73 square I mentioned before) and parked it safely in my garage, I grabbed a torchlight and crawled into the darkness under the rear trunk floor ... -Oh shit! Hey Guys, seems that I was mistaken - there is no such adapter that I was talking about! *blushing*... The cooler is bolted right onto the case! No wonder we had a hard time to understand each other! *blushing to my knees* - Am I a Jerk, or what!! Sheesh... *maroon red all over...* OK, now when I have officially embarrased my self , crawled in the gravel, appologied to all you readers of this list and revealed what a jackass I am, I still must hold out that I«m just as found of old VW«s as any of you, and I«m deeply in love with my squareback....and I had good intentions with my suggestion! Just trying my best. Can i still play with you? I promise that I will try to not mess things up again.. ;-) ( but no guarantee...) Thanks again for putting up with me! (and with my endless long letters....) See you out there! I would really like to get in contact with T3 freaks in Scandinavia , too. Karl-Olov Sandin P.S. Drove the "Green Lady" to work today. Great fun - as everyone«s staring as if they seen a UFO! And driving her on snow with a heavy gasfoot beats every rollercoaster in the world... ;-) > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > FrŚn: Jim Adney [SMTP:jadney@vwtype3.org] > Skickat: den 21 november 1998 00.56 > Till: Sandin, Karl-Olov > €mne: Re: SV: SV: [T3] external oil filter idea! > > On 20 Nov 98, at 11:07, Sandin, Karl-Olov wrote: > > > We havent completely understood each other yet. I meant to modify or > replace > > the existing oil cooler mount - not putting in another adapter under it, > as > > they do for connecting an external cooler. The cooler would then still > be in > > its original position and no major sheet metal cutting should be needed. > > Okay, so you would like to drill/tap into the case there somewhere in > that area and bring the flow out through some fitting which you > install there. This is really not too different from what is now > done, you might just be able to do it in a more accessible place. > I'm not sure if there's enough metal there, however, to support a > threaded fitting, but I really don't know. > > > Where I live we have 2 - 3 feet of snow and -1 Fahr. (Brrr!) -And > tomorrow > > Im gonna drive my newly bought squareback home - only 180 miles... I > shure > > hope the heating system is working! Truly a bad season for working on > old > > cars! > > I'm afraid the heaters were very good when our cars were new, but > they are seldom very good by now. Dress warmly and good luck. > > Jim > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe