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> type3-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 252
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> Today's Topics:
> Re: [T3] 70? Are you kidding?? [ "Bill Niles" <beel@avicom.net> ]
> Re: [T3] Engine Problem? FIXED!! ( I [ "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] Calipers [ "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] clocks [ "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> RE: clocks [ "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] Seal preservation [ "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] Metal insert in window rubb [ "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: clocks [ "Bill Niles" <beel@avicom.net> ]
> Re: [T3] Calipers [ Sonny8oy@aol.com ]
> [T3] fuel pump FI [ MNWebb@aol.com ]
> RE: clocks [ "Chad Montandon" <montandonc@hotmai ]
> RE: clocks [ "Chad Montandon" <montandonc@hotmai ]
> [T3] torsion arm puller.... [ ccandgc@pixi.com (Chad) ]
> Re: [T3] Engine Problem? FIXED!! ( I [ "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.u ]
> Re: [T3] Metal insert in window rubb [ "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.u ]
> Re: clocks [ "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.u ]
> Re: [T3] clocks [ "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.u ]
> Re: [T3] clocks [ "Keith Park" <TopNotchResto@worldne ]
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> Subject: Re: [T3] 70? Are you kidding??
> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 19:32:26 -0600
> From: "Bill Niles" <beel@avicom.net>
> To: "Keith Park" <TopNotchResto@worldnet.att.net>, <type3@vwtype3.org>
>
> To echo a previous post....
>
> Does this include an early 1500 with a single carb?
>
> I don't think I could get it above 80 - 85 without a hill or good tail
> wind.
>
> Bill
>
> ----------
> > From: Keith Park <TopNotchResto@worldnet.att.net>
> > To: type3@vwtype3.org
> > Subject: Re: [T3] 70? Are you kidding??
> > Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 9:43 AM
> >
> > If you cant approach 100 somethings wrong with your car or your using
> lousy
> > carbs! yes if the cars are drivin fast on the highway AND the engine
> isnt
> > properly set up fuel wise, or the oil cooler is clogged with dirt or...
> > many other things they will burn up. I cruise at 75 all the time and at
> > 65K the engine is doing fine.
> >
> > the old shot engine in my notch cruised for an hour at 85 last year and
> it
> > has CARBS! yes CARBS on my car! but they are stock ones and of course I
> > do hate them! I also tow a boat with the square, usually at 65-70 except
> > for the big hills and all is fine.
> >
> > A GOOD thing to have when driving like this is full engine
> instrumentation
> > so that if something goes wrong you catch it before ruining the engine!
> >
> > Keith
> > ----------
> > > From: scott a keck <noddaz@juno.com>
> > > To: type3@vwtype3.org
> > > Subject: [T3] 70? Are you kidding??
> > > Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 3:49 AM
> > >
> > > Not kidding about 70mph. My old fasty would not quite peg the speedo
> on
> > > top end. Just 3 or 4 mph short. Of course I didn't run around like
> > > that all the time, but 70mph was never unreasonable. The reason I
> > > mentioned this in the first place has been the fact that on more than
> one
> > > occasion (twice) after leaving a Bug show I have come across an air
> > > cooled V dub sitting next to the road. When I stop to enquire if they
> > > need help I am told ! was blasting down the highway when I
> suddenly
> > > had this big cloud blow out behind the car." I do not know if the
> > > crankcase was over filled or the engine (rings?) were just not sealing
> > > well. But it seemed that the cars had been driven fast for several
> > > miles. The cars were both T1's but are technically related to t3's.
> One
> > > was basically stock. The other was mildly modified.
> > >
> > > I have been in a T3 that has done this but was able to figure out what
> > > happened. Back when I was a teenager a friend of mine's mother had a
> 69
> > > (?) fasty. Being helpful as we were, we changed the oil. We looked in
> > > the book for the amount of oil the car held and saw 5. So we added 5
> > > quarts. Went for a test drive and when we hit 3rd gear.... Well, I
> > > will not go into that but it made quite a mess. And we both learned
> > > about VW's.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Engine Problem? FIXED!! ( I Think... I hope...)
> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 19:45:10 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 7 May 99, at 1:22, swaffordvw@juno.com wrote:
>
> > Where is a crankcase breather tube at? When I take mine up to 75-100Mph
> > (Yeah i had my squareback upto 105MPH!) it blows oil out of the oil thing
> > where you put the oil in.
>
> If it has bee leaking out around the filler "cap" then pull out the
> cap and check the cork seal inside. If that is cracked you might be
> able to buy a new seal from VW.
>
> Alternativesu?1 ood used cap/dipstick or a rubber seal from a
> cheap gas cap.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Calipers
> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 19:45:09 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 7 May 99, at 1:49, Sonny8oy@aol.com wrote:
>
> > jim writes:
> >
> > > I think the angled cutouts are important in keeping the pad wear parallel.
> > Without
> > > this feature I think the pads will tend to wear wedge-shaped
> >
> >
> > they do :-(
> > i bought shabby rebuilds that have the pistons in any old way, and so i can't
> > use the retaining plates.
>
> Rotate the pistons and make them right!
>
> > this should make them more efficient though, because of the increased
> > pad-to-disc contact area, shouldn't it? :-)
>
> Sorry, no matter how I try to redefine "efficiency" I can't seem to
> make this work out in your favour.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: Re: [T3] clocks
> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 19:45:09 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 7 May 99, at 18:23, aedan mcghie/scotland wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 7, 1999 04:03, Jim Adney <mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:
> > >Is this the early "wound once a minute" 12 V clock, or the late
> > >continuously energized one? In other words, what year is your car?
>
> > So lets see if I undrestand this. I have a CLUNK very minute cloU his
> > just a mechanical clock which is electrically wound? It's not a quartz
> > clock?
>
> That's right. In fact, no type 3s came with quartz clocks. The late
> type 3 clocks just have an electrically pulse driven balance wheel.
> Cheap quartz clocks came just a bit later, so I think Rabbits got
> them, perhaps from the start, but early, at least.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: RE: clocks
> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 19:45:10 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 7 May 99, at 9:58, Chad Montandon wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a non-rebuilt clock that still works?
> > >
> > >Tom Mogombus
> >
> > Mine does. It is the clunk every few minutes kind. It is one of the few
> > things that does work on the car. Imagine that!! It is a little slow, but
> > setting it forward a few minutes everyday I get in the car fixes that
> > problem. My fuel gage doesn't work though. Volkswagens are the only car
> > that i have ever run out of gas in. That goes for all of my family too. I
> > suppose it is just a stupid gene in the family!!
>
> That's strange. This is backwards. In my experience the clocks always
> fail and the gas gauges work forever. What's wrong with your gauge
> that we can help you get fixed? It's a simple system that should be
> easy to fix.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Seal presery>) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 19:45:10 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 7 May 99, at 1:15, swaffordvw@juno.com wrote:
>
> > I wouldnt use veg. oil because it leaves a hard residue behind that is
> > like a hard crappy goo. I would use something more like 10W40 oil or WD40
> > for short term storage. Thats words from my VW uncle.
>
> Yes, veg oil oxidizes into a hard goo, but many rubber compounds
> react adversely to petroleum products. I would avoid both on the
> window seals.
>
> Things to avoid for storage are heat and ozone. Most anything you put
> on it for protection are likely to be cosmetic only, but a good
> silicone spray might be good protection.
>
> Jim
>
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Metal insert in window rubber....
> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 19:45:09 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 7 May 99, at 8:46, Bill Niles wrote:
>
> > When you buy new rubber seals for you windows, do they come with the metal
> > insert already in place?
>
> No
>
> > I'm assuming they don't and that you have to pull the old ones. Is there a
> > trick to doing this, both pulling them out and putting them in?
> >
> > It seems to be next to impossible to get them back in without destroying
> > them.
>
> You cannot install or remove them with the window in the car. I see
> John Kowalski has posted that he does this with the rubber around the
> glass, I have had the best luck with the glass removed. Overall I
> agree completely that you just need to work slowly and be patient.
>
> I use soapy water as a lubricant.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: Re: clocks
> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 20:03:51 -0600
> From: "Bill Niles" <beel@avicom.net>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
>
> I too was surprised at how many said that the gauge and/or the odometer
> didn't work but the clock did.
>
> Both my gauge and odometer work just fine.....'64 notch.
>
> Bill
>
> ----------
> > From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> > To: type3@vwtype3.org
> > Subject: RE: clocks
> > Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 7:45 PM
> >
> > On 7 May 99, at 9:58, Chad Montandon wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have a non-rebuilt clock that still works?
> > > >
> > > >Tom Mogombus
> > >
> > > Mine does. It is the clunk every few minutes kind. It is one of the
> few
> > > things that does work on the car. Imagine that!! It is a little slow,
> but
> > > setting it forward a few minutes everyday I get in the car fixes that
> > > problem. My fuel gage doesn't work though. Volkswagens are the only
> car
> > > that i have ever run out of gas in. That goes for all of my family
> too. I
> > > suppose it is just a stupid gene in the family!!
> >
> > That's strange. This is backwards. In my experience the clocks always
> > fail and the gas gauges work forever. What's wrong with your gauge
> > that we can help you get fixed? It's a simple system that should be
> > easy to fix.
> >
> > Jim
> > -
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> > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Calipers
> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 22:15:40 EDT
> From: Sonny8oy@aol.com
qh pe3@vwtype3.org
>
> jim writes:
>
> > Rotate the pistons and make them right!
>
> i can't. it's too hard. they only need turned a little (one by about 5 deg.,
> the other maybe 20 deg.), but i can't find anything that will do it. last
> time i tried i screwdrivered my finger. i thought i recalled keith saying a
> year or so back that he had a tool designed to rotate the piston, so i asked
> a vw mechanic of 35 years i know if he had had such a thing and he hadn't
> heard of it.
>
> > > this should make them more efficient though, because of the increased
> > > pad-to-disc contact area, shouldn't it? :-)
> >
> > Sorry, no matter how I try to redefine "efficiency" I can't seem to
> > make this work out in your favour.
>
> normal pad contact area:
> __________________
> | |
> |__________________|
>
> my super-efficient increased pad contact area:
>
> |
> |__________________| (my ascii drawing isn't up to it, but imagine a line
> between the 2
> open ends: this line is longer than the horizontal line in the first picture,
> thus the surface area of the pad is greater :-)
>
> sonny
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> Subject: [T3] fuel pump FI
> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 22:32:06 EDT
> From: MNWebb@aol.com
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> Why do you think yours is on it's last
> legs? Pump problems are very rare, far more likely to have a filter
> blockage or leaky hose.
>
> Stan - I think mine is on it's last legs because it's taking longer to get
> the engine to fire right away. If I half turm the key 3-4 times and then try
> it fires. Now it's starting to bog and get sluggish as well.
>
> -Wilson
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> Subject: RE: clocks
> Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 22:12:31 PDT
> From: "Chad Montandon" <montandonc@hotmail.com>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> has anyone had any luck in tweaking the fast/slow adjustment on the back of
> these clocks?
>
> Sonny
>
> No. Believe me I tried everything to get this clock to work up to speed. A
> few drops of lubricant helped a bit but it still runs slow when the car
> isn't run for a few hours. I found that patience is the only solution to
> the slow clock problem.
>
> Chad
> 70 sqrbck FI
> 70 bus
>
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> Subject: RE: clocks
> Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 22:16:46 PDT
> From: "Chad Montandon" <montandonc@hotmail.com>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On Fri, May 7, 1999 07:07, Carl Van Tonder
> <mailto:vtondc@RANDREF.CO.ZA>wrote:
> >Wow, your fuel gauge works!
>
> Yes but it seems to have a non-linear response to the volume left in
> thetank. The first 1/4 of a tank lasts for ever, the last 1/4 lasts for
> about10 miles.
>
> aedan
>
> Same here partner!
>
> Chad
>
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> Subject: [T3] torsion arm puller....
> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 23:06:20 -1000 (HST)
> From: ccandgc@pixi.com (Chad)
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> Hi,
>
> Im at the point in every T3's owners life when the inevitable question comes
> up-to lower the front or n{2 , my notch's P.O. lowered her ALOT.
> I want to raise the front *a little*.I was looking in one of my manuals I
> got off e-bay and they showed a puller to remove the torsion arm. What kind
> of puller has anybody used to do this? I need to do it at this point, as I
> have new KYB's for all 4 corners and all the fenders are off, so what better
> time!?
> How difficult is this? I know that they have been off sometime in the past
> few years, so hopefully they wont be stuck.
>
> Is there a generic puller that will work? Like a tie-rod or hub puller
> that'll work?
>
> TIA,
> Chad
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Engine Problem? FIXED!! ( I Think... I hope...)
> Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 01:36:46 +0100
> From: "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
>
> You can reform those breather caps. Find a screw-driver or file handle
> that's big enough to spread the lugs on the back of the cap. Get a hot-air
> gun (maybe a hair-dryer will be hot enough), warm up the plastic lugs, and
> spread them with the handle until wide enough apart to grip. Allow to cool
> with the spreader in place, and re-fit. No problems since I did mine on
> the Fastback.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
> http://www.hallvw.clara.net/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Schaefer <stans4@ix.netcom.com>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Date: 07 May 1999 17:36
> Subject: Re: [T3] Engine Problem? FIXED!! ( I Think... I hope...)
>
> The plastic breather cover arrangments are a bit different from
> year to year, too, on the '71 there's one plastic plug that supposed
> to snap into the breather box. When I first got it, that cover would
> jump around like the weight on a pressure cooker and would fly
> completely off if out on the highway with oil going everywhere.
>
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Metal insert in window rubber....
> Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 01:30:34 +0100
> From: "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
>
> Spot on, there, John. I start installing at the corner, bending the rubber
> down away from the window to open up the slit a bit at a time. I've used
> soapy water rather than talcum powder, but next time I'll try the other.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
> http://www.hallvw.clara.net/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John M. Kowalski <john.kowalski@zg.tel.hr>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Date: 07 May 1999 17:32
> Subject: Re: [T3] Metal insert in window rubber....
>
> >I reused the metal inserts on my T3 windows and had excellent luck with
> >them. The trick I found was that you just need a little patience, gentle
> >touch and applied common sense to get them out of the old window rubber
> and
> >put into the new window rubber.
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> Subject: Re: clocks
> Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 01:44:05 +0100
> From: "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>
> To: <Sonny8oy@aol.com>, <type3@vwtype3.org>
>
> There is an adjustment on the back - not the sort of thing to do
> frequently, though. It involves changing the hair-spring tension with a
> small lever - fairly standard method for clocks. The impulse type and the
> transistorised clocks both adjust in the same sort of way.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
> http://www.hallvw.clara.net/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sonny8oy@aol.com <Sonny8oy@aol.com>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Date: 07 May 1999 21:03
> Subject: Re: clocks
> >
> >has anyone had any luck in tweakingv/ t/slow adjustment on the back
> of
> >these clocks? it seems that most clocks that work are slow. i have found
> that
> >the more the car is running, the less slow it is. i had one that would
> keep
> >perfect time if the car was running for ~2hrs/day; any less and it was
> slow;
> >any more and it was fast. currently, the clock is just permanently slow,
> to
> >the order of about 3 minutes a day.
> >
> >sonny
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> Subject: Re: [T3] clocks
> Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 11:21:40 +0100
> From: "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>
> To: "Type 3 list" <type3@vwtype3.org>
>
> Andy Thomas is the listee with the transistorised one that stops sometimes.
> I think the clunking ones were mainly people saying theirs were still
> working. Definitely no original Quartz clocks in Type 3s.
> Did anyone come up with a good system for conversion to Quartz? I've done
> a table-top lash-up, which wasn't too difficult, but there may be better
> ways to do it, and the other transistorised clock I have is keeping going
> anyway.
>
> BTW Andy, there's a section on clocks in the Type 3 & 4 Club technical
> manual you got when you joined. I've not yet put it on the website though.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
> http://www.hallvw.clara.net/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aedan mcghie/scotland <VKG465J@surak.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: Type 3 list <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Date: 07 May 1999 18:23
> Subject: Re: [T3] clocks
>
> >On Fri, May 7, 1999 04:03, Jim Adney <mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:
> >>Is this the early "wound once a minute" 12 V clock, or the late
> >>continuously energized one? In other words, what year is your car?
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >So lets see if I undrestand this. I have a CLUNK very minute clock. Is
> this
> >just a mechanical clock which is electrically wound? It's not a quartz
> >clock?
> >
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> Subject: Re: [T3] clocks
> Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 21:50:43 -0700
> From: "Keith Park" <TopNotchResto@worldnet.att.net>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
>
> ya know.. 24 years and the clock hasn't missed a beat in my Opel, its a
> VDO, wonder if its quartz?? its NOT a windup.
>
> Keith
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