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<x-charset ISO-8859-1> I thought I'd tend to a couple of odds and ends on the '69 before pointing it toward the MotorVU Drive-In Theatre. One of these tasks was to replace a failed thermostat. The first trouble came with a stuck tin screw at the front of the engine, near the fuel pressure regulator. I torched it from below, and it came right out. I was then able to remove the lower tin below 1&2 and get to the thermostat. I pulled out the thermostat, then moved the rod up and down to check it out. It was too loose and floppy, with no spring action. That's no good. Took out the 1&2 injectors and the right side intake manifold runners. Next thing to remove was the large upper tin piece that covers 1&2 and the flap levers. Well, the two tin screws that screw into the head on either side of the intake ports were really stuck. I tried torching them, burning off the powder coating while I was at it. The "best" I could do was to just shear the heads off of those two tin screws. :( Well, o.k., so at least I could get that big piece of tin off. Oops, another tin screw from the rear of the piece flipped up and landed down near the distributor on the case. Fished it out, set it on the cargo floor... and it bounced right into the #1 intake hole. (No, I'm not making this up.) I could feel it down by the valve guide, at the end of a finger's reach. Some creative tool-building involving a stack of magnets from kiddie refrigerator alphabet magnets, tape, and a small screwdrive did the trick for fishing out that screw. Meanwhile, the flap linkage. Two problems. First, the piece that connects to the flaps had no washers and no circlip, and was totally disconnected. Second, this piece was adjusted at the other end so that the flaps would always be totally wide open anyway. I had another old fan housing half with flaps and this one rod. I stole the circlip and washers, and somehow -- somehow -- was able to work upside-down reaching under the flap to get the circlip in place on that rod. I'm now ready to get the thermostat and rods all adjusted; I'll start with Bentley, of course, then pose questions to the list. Meanwhile, what to do about the two tin screw shafts now stuck in my head? (Ouch, heh.) Should I try an easy-out? What's it like trying to do this with a steel bolt in an Al head? I suppose it would be pretty stupid to ignore them and expect all of the other tin screws to hold things in place, as this is the only point where the tin seems to be connected directly to the engine. Sigh. What do folks suggest? -Greg ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>