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Remove the metal gasket and use sealant if possible. I always loose fit all bolts first just for the reason you describe. After and if all bolts go in I tighten them down. Joe Plowick III wrote: > Has anyone ever seen it where all the bolts for the rear half of the fan > shroud do not line up? I finally got my issue with the full flow kit > resolved, and I noticed that when I mount the shroud with the two lower > bolts (on either side of crank) that the top ones don't line up. And they > are off by a good distance. I'm using a new universal case, but I've never > had this issue in the past with other motors. It's as if the oil breather > to mounted to high, but it only has the normal gaskets between it and the > case. I was going to elongate the holes to get the bolts to fit, but I > wanted to get other suggestions before I do that. > > Hopefully you can see what I mean in this pic: > http://www.ij.net/type3lvr/fan_shroud.jpg > > Thanks, > Joe Plowick > My Site: http://type3lvr.homestead.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org