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Subject: Re: [T3] Little rubber bits > On 30 Jan 2001, at 0:39, Dave Hall wrote: > > > > I've seen those gaskets, too, in black plastic, but I don't think > > > they were OE, at least on type 3s. > > > > It's part no. 311 857 543. It's in the parts list Illustration A48, though > > the shape doesn't really do it justice. They have a deep seating for the > > shoulder to seal, whereas the Beetle ones just fit around the shaft. > I have Pre-Delivered many US Type 3's. The mirrors, wheel rings, hub caps, and wipers came in a box in the front trunk. The only gaskets I have ever seen is the clear plastic one like I "still have" on my '71. They are crumbling, but they are still there. > Okay, the gauntlet is DOWN! ... ;-) > > First I verify the part #. I come up with the same number, same > illustration, different illustration #. I wonder again why they > changed the illustration #s when they went to microfilm. I agree that > the drawing doesn't prove anything. > > I traipse down to the dungeon, grab the box labelled "800" and start > going thru parts. Good time to separate the parts from the mouse > droppings, but that's another story. Way way down in there, I find a > bag of mirror gaskets. There's 1 of your black "half grommet" gaskets > in there, but there are 4 of the translucent white ones. The bag is > the bag they were put in at the distributor with the original label > on it with the correct part #, marked quantity 10. > > I'm pretty sure that I have never bought any of the black kind. I > think this one just came with a cheap mirror that I got elsewhere; I > don't even know if it is a VW part. Since there are 4 of the flat > washers, I'm convinced that they were the ones that came in the bag, > but none of them have any real markings on them. > > While I can't really prove anything about which washer is the REAL > right washer, I CAN say that the flat ones fit and work in type 3s > just fine. My only complaint is that they crumble into dust in about > 8 years, so I wish they were made of a better material. > > > > My '74 Type 2 has a white nylon washer, but 'our' Type 3s had the > > 'proper' one. If dealers usually supplied the mirrors maybe they > > didn't bother to order the proper seals, particularly if they are > > not foolproof to fit? > > From here, I would say that if there were a mix-up, it went as high > as VWoA, since I'm pretty sure I've bought these in various parts of > the country, but perhaps only in quantity in a distributor marked bag > on this occasion. I THINK I recall seeing both kinds hanging on the > hooks behind the parts counter, though, so I believe the people there > were giving me the part they thought was right. I know my 68 came > with the flat washers when I picked it up new at the dealer. > > > So these join the intermittent wipers which were "never fitted to > > Type 3s", and the "bleeding fronts first must be wrong because my > > Bentley is in the cellar 3 floors down and I don't recall reading > > that". /<rantmode off> ;-) > On our "front to rear dual brake system", VW schools taught that you alway bleed the front half of the master cylinder first. When they came with the W/C VW's, it was the same thing, front half first. BUT, because they are a diagonal dual circuit, you start with the rear wheel of the front half. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe