Re: [T3] American models only on list?

[Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>]

Well, now I feel tempted to yank out the darn cooler just to see what I got in
there. See if I get the time soon.... The Variant aint going anywhere :-( and I
could just as well put the type3 cooler back in place of the type1 cooler that sits
there now. Yes, I have a oil press. switch, it is a universal case with the type1
style outlet under the dizzy.

PerL
73 Variant L

Jim Adney wrote:

> On 26 Feb 00, at 18:12, Per Lindgren wrote:
>
> > My 73 dual relief, "T" code dual carb case has the three metal washers, and I
> > know I havent got them mixed up from any other VW engine, as I only have one
> > type3 engine. The Bugs never got these, and I did not get them from those
> > engines. They were in place when I pulled down the original engine a few years
> > ago. I cant remember which rubber I used, but they are 10 mms and thick enough
> > to seal properly.
>
> I'll bet you a good beer that if you were to take your seals out and
> measure the IDs, you'd find that they are 8mm. It's not a big
> difference.
>
> The commonly available gasket sets in the US didn't come with the
> late 10mm gaskets for the first 20 years after these were first used,
> even though the 10mm gaskets were used on both type 1s as well as on
> type 3s. But those sets DID come with the early type 3 only 8mm
> gasket. So many people used the wrong, early gaskets since they were
> the only thing that looked remotely correct. the more astute
> mechanics would have known about the spacers on the earlier engines
> and added these to a late engine to avoid over tightening the seal.
>
> This IS something that you CAN get away with, but no one who had ever
> seen both styles would have done this if it could be avoided.
>
> The real clincher here is that there are only 2 seals shown on the
> microfilm for all years of type 3s, the thick (so it needs the spacer
> washers) 8mm one, and the thin (so it doesn't need the spacer
> washers) 10mm one. There never was a thick 10mm oil cooler seal that
> VW ever supplied for any of their air cooled engines.
>
> -
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> Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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