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<x-charset iso-8859-1> I see... My engine will have well over 80K on it by then, it foggs the town coming off the highway but the compression and oil pressure is still great for that mileage so im not worried. (never leave the valve stem seals off the INTAKE valves!) My concern is with the tranny.. that is original with over 275K in it and it does moan a bit... but no one sounded the alarm bell when I asked about it last year. Keith > > The great Guru doent have a good T3 engine ready for a long trip? > > I have this 73 that has been waiting for a new engine for over 10 years. In that > time it has spent a couple years at the body shop and a summer in my > driveway being reassembled. Right now it's in storage. Most of the interior is > ready, although I don't have good carpet there; Anyone got any OE late > carpet, dark blue, 72-3? The engine that it came with had been "fixed up" by > some PO who had no idea what they were doing. While it runs okay now, > there were cooling parts missing when I got it and signs of gross overheating. > > I just want to get this car finished, and Parma is a good excuse for that. I > have ALL the parts here, ready to go. The case has been to RIMCO and > back and all the internals have been to Berg: CW crank, full flow oil filter, > everything balanced. "ALL" I need to do is clear off a place to work and do > the slow careful assembly that will assure that it's done right. > > It will be returning to FI from the dual Brazilian Solexes that are on it now. > They seem to work okay, but I just couldn't see driving carbs while > espousing FI. ;-) > > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > > </x-charset>