Re: cooler seal Poll

[Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>]

Jim,

The other day, you mentioned something about the different colors
designating which seals were which. I searched through a box of unused seals
and gaskets I have, basically leftovers from two or three Brazilian sets,
used for both T1 and T3 engines. I found three different gasket colors for
the oil cooler, black, green and red. All three have the same dimensions, 11
mm hole, total thickness 7,5 mm green/ 8 mm black and red, thickness between
case and cooler (on the step) 3,5 mm all, so the three gaskets are
identical, even with different colors. One thing I definitely can say is
that the green seals are much harder to squeeze between the fingers than the
black or red seals.

The cooler for my engine is the "B", it has the VW logo and the date 2/73
stamped on the underside. The holes are 10 mm. There are no other marks,
except what looks like a half "C" just beneath the p/n. Maybe a stamp from
worker "C", or meaning "checked" or "OK"??

PerL
73 Variant L

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