Re: [T3] thermostat adventures

[Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>]

<x-flowed>>I find that it is tough, but easier in the long run, to just pull 
> that piece down a
> little bit and insert the thermostat from the rear/below.


	I tried, but I couldn't quite get enough clearance this way. 
Well, doesn't make so much difference to me this time, since I had 
more work to do up top.  Tin had to come off.


> I'm paranoid about this, so I always stuff a rag or paper towel in those holes
> any time they get opened up. They're just too inviting.

	Heh.  I thought that I always did this, too.  I was even 
thinking about doing it like 5 minutes before I dropped the screw in 
there... live (some more) and learn (eventually)...


> At least the spring was there (it was, wasn't it?) so that the flaps 
> were still
> open.


	Yup!


> Just leave them for now. A good machine shop can fix them the next time


	Wow, o.k.  Kind of a relief, actually.

	So, now I've read the Bentley and the Haynes procedures for 
adjusting the thermostat.  Neither description is terribly 
satisfying, but the take-home message seems to be that they should 
close with a 1-2mm gap, and should open fully when the thermostat has 
expanded.  I think I'll start with the thermostat screwed just about 
all the way onto its rod, then work with my two adjustments -- the 
bracket position and the relay lever clamp screw -- to make sure that 
I match the hot and cold requirements.

	Say -- my spring looked to be mounted a little funny on the 
lever assembly.  Just where and how should it attach at that end?

	(Thanks, Jim!)

-Greg

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