Re: [T3] wierdness

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 31 Dec 2000, at 18:21, Keith Park wrote:

> Check those darn grounds on the cylinder heads next to the spark plug
> holes in the tin, if there still there.

This is an excellent suggestion for those with 68-9 FI cars. Those 
grounds were a real trouble spot and I keep forgetting them because I 
finally found a cure for this.

My cure consists of a special washer, called a Belleville washer, 
under the head of each of these 2 bolts. The Belleville washer puts 
spring tension on this connection and keeps it sound in spite of the 
heat cycling.

Later cars put this ground connection on the case instead of the 
case. On the case they don't heat cycle nearly as much and this is no 
longer a problem. As a consequence of this, another way to fix this 
problem on 68-9 cars is to add another ground on the case and a 
couple of wires that run from there out to those ground wires.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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