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okay hello to everyone, whom I have just be eerily cyber stalking for however long i have been getting mail from this list, at last I need some help, okay imagine a cal look 72 fasty which has been lowered beyond your wildest dreams (possibly nightmares for the purist amoungst you) only now the problem is that it is too low and no-one can drive the car without it feeling like you're in a scene from chitty chitty bang bang....not too bad, only its scary to think what it is under the little beauty that is making those rediculous noises....so any suggestions about what I can do appart from higher it (why would I want to do such an insane thing when its amazing to look at!!!!)or fit hydraulics....(they are coming soon as I can afford them) so in the interim is the only answer to not drive my one true love or is it attacking it with a hacksaw remorselessly??? yours Nat...(no longer a mystery - 72 fastback and a another 71 due any day now) --- type3-d-request@vwtype3.org wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > type3-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 620 > > Today's Topics: > Re: [T3] boy i've been writing alot. [ "Dave > Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.u ] > [T3] corvair engine? [ Ricardo > Lugo <ricardol@rsd.rsd-tc.c ] > [T3] bumper guards [ > Kromedaddy@aol.com ] > VW Stough [ > VW71T3NC@aol.com ] > [T3] leaky trans [ "Ginger > D.&Peter P." <gingerd@telep ] > [T3] Hey, I Got Your Heat Exchangers [ "John > Kaminski" <john.kaminski@worl ] > > Administrivia: > > ******************************************************************** > ******************************************************************** > > To unsubscribe from the type3 digest, send a blank > e-mail > message to: > > type3-d-request@vwtype3.org > > with the subject: > > unsubscribe > > If your e-mail program supports clickable links, > just click on the > following: > mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org?subject=unsubscribe > > If you experience difficulties unsubscribing, send > e-mail > to gregm@vwtype3.org and describe the situation to > me. I'll help > you out. > > -Greg Merritt > VWType3.Org list manager > > ******************************************************************** > ******************************************************************** > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 00:05:39 -0000 > From: "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk> > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > Subject: Re: [T3] boy i've been writing alot..... > > > high idle when cold is normal.. > > > > That's certainly true of my stock twin carb > Squareback, but not of my FI > Fastback. Can't say if I'm just lucky on the FI > one. > > Dave. > UK VW Type 3&4 Club > http://www.hallvw.clara.net/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org > Subj=subscribe > > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:54:23 -0800 (PST) > From: Ricardo Lugo <ricardol@rsd.rsd-tc.com> > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: [T3] corvair engine? > > %UNIPLEX > %TO type3@vwtype3.org > %FROM ricardol > %SYSTEM RSD1 > %SUBJECT corvair engine? > %VERIFY y > %REGISTERED y > %DATE 15/11/99 16:54 > %REFERENCE 111598 > > Someone here at work put the idea of a corvair > engine in my type 3. Is this > possible? Has anyone ever given it the thought? > Input would be great! > > > Thanks > > Rick 69' FI Fastback > %UEND > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit > http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 20:43:24 EST > From: Kromedaddy@aol.com > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: [T3] bumper guards > > will beetle bumper guards fit a late model type 3? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org > Subj=subscribe > > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 20:49:07 EST > From: VW71T3NC@aol.com > To: type3-d@vwtype3.org > Subject: VW Stough > > Hi gang. > I am no longer a VW virgin. > I did my first full tune up on my 71 Fastback and it > only took 2 full days of > sunlight! > I have never seen valves so loose, timing so off, > brakes so screwy, plugs so > nasty, points so pitted, and to top it off my > generator light came on. As it > turns out, my brushes are being eaten away to > nothing! Everyone I talk to > says it is the voltage regulator. I couldn't > register any voltage on the > darn thing, and the only way to get the gen. to work > was to push down on the > brushes! In 5 days I have replaced the brushes 3 > times. So tell me, > friends....armature? V.R.? cheap brushes? me? > > Also, > knocking left rear of car. I know the wheel > cylinder has a leak, but could > it be the CV joint? what if the boot were leaking > grease? > > Kevin Adams > '71 Fastback daily driver because I enjoy risks. > > ATTACHMENT part 6 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 20:58:48 -0800 > From: "Ginger D.&Peter P." <gingerd@teleport.com> > To: type3-list <type3@vwtype3.org> > Subject: [T3] leaky trans > > The puddle under the car was getting bigger and > bigger this summer. > So I finally replace the cracked swing axle boots. > Well, the puddle > was still showing up. Yesterday I went back under > there and > discovered all the left side bolts loose! Duh, it > never occurred to > me to get out my wrench before and check. K.I.S.S. > (keep it simple > stupid) > > Peter Parker > '66 Square; Phillip > Portland, OR > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit > http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > ATTACHMENT part 7 message/rfc822 > Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:43:05 -0500 > From: "John Kaminski" > <john.kaminski@worldnet.att.net> > To: "Type 3" <type3@vwtype3.org> > Subject: [T3] Hey, I Got Your Heat Exchangers Right > Here > > Heat Exchangers, Heat Exchangers, Heat Exchangers!! > To think that six months > ago before I owned my first type 3 I didn't even > know what these were. Now, > they've changed my life. > > I actually bought two of the notorious Cal Import > heat exchangers about > three months ago, when they first popped up on their > web site. I needed > them badly, as I'm sure you all know about how > rotted heat exchangers turn > any T3 into a kiln-on-wheels, not to mention the > "Herzlichen Vapors," > guaranteed to have you screaming like Charles > Bukowski, tripping like > Timothy Leary, and singing like Tiny Tim, all within > 15 minutes firing the > oven. > > So, I get 'em for about $350 they arrive, look like > heat exchangers, and > they're as heavy as Oprah's ass. But unlike her > ass, they're very well made > and don't resemble curdled milk. I had them > installed at Pegasus Bug shop > (these guys work miracles, very reasonable, and > they're in Elizabeth > NJ...Turnpike adjacent! Tell 'em you want them to > fix your front trunk > torsion bar, just for laughs). > > What can I say? The heat exchangers are great. The > guys at the shop had a > little trouble hooking them up, only because I > didn't give them the proper > clamps, but in true VW spirit, they rigged something > up and now life is > beautiful. No more sweating through my clothes, no > more melted seat belt > buckles, no more double vision, strawberry fields or > marmalade skies. > > One warning. Those Cal Import guys are they from > Lodi? West Hollywood? > Truckee? No, They're CANADIAN! > > JK > '69 Squareback > > One reason I didn't relay this story when I was so > happy over my heat > exchangers is that 1) I figured everyone on this > list knows of all the mail > order companies like Cal Imports, WCM, Rocky > Mountain, et al, and 2) I don't > think we should use the board to promote certain > companies unless there's > some unbelievable news (like new beauty rings!). > Anyway, I'm breaking the > rule to mention a new source for parts that I've > found to have more T3 stuff > than anyone else. It's called Bill and Steve's and > they're in Downey, CA. > The web site is billandsteves.com) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or > mailto:help@vwtype3.org > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com