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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I've just looked up a handbook dated August '71 (printed 1/72) which lists
0.006" for both inlet and exhaust. This is a German-printed book for a UK
car.
BTW it also shows the wipers with intermittent setting and automatic
wash-wipe (harking back to an earlier thread).
The August '67 ('68MY) book has both clearances at 0.004"!
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> On 29 Oct 2001, at 18:53, Russ Wolfe wrote:
>
> > I just checked my '71 owners manual, (page 96), and the recommended
valve
> > clearance is .006 for both intake and exhaust.
>
> Jesus, Russ, just when we thought we had started to make sense
> out of this you go and get us all confused again! ;-)
>
> My .004 manual was printed in Germany in 8/71. It was the manual
> delivered with the car when it was picked up in Germany under the
> tourist delivery program. I suppose that VWoA had a separate
> printing which got this change in sooner, but I wouldn't think that
> VWoA could have been ahead of VW AG.
>
> OTOH, this may simply have been a warrantee issue, and VWoA
> may have done this before VW AG to reduce the warrantee claims
> they were paying for.
>
> When and where was yours printed?
>
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