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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I know some people think there is no point to this, but if your rods are loose either at the journal or side clearance you can loose a huge amount of oil pressure. For the small amount of time invested I reckon its worth doing. In my case Im building a 1915 and cant afford to do it again, cheap insurance. -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Hill Sent: Monday, 6 May 2002 06:41 To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: RE: [T3] plastigauge I have just checked mine, I had the same problem with a couple of rods, they all measured out the same wether I had to tap them or not, the journals measured all the same too. I dont think you can gt around it. I just pulled the rod away from the plastigage when I was tapping it. -----Original Message----- From: jim rustad [mailto:jimrustad@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 4 May 2002 15:47 To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: [T3] plastigauge Does anyone but me have a heck of a time getting rods off of cranks? I just don't seem to be able to do this in any calm way..I end up pounding as much as I dare with a rubber hammer to get them apart. This amount of "dare" will go down considerably after I get my crank done. This is going to be a problem if I am a good boy and plastigauge the rod clearance, as the book says you are not to even "bump" the rods. Is there a trick to this task? Thanks Jim Rustad Kennewick WA 71 FI Square PS I suppose I should admit that I am dealing with a type 4 crank and this should probably go to the bus site. But since a type 4 engine could in principle be installed in a type III I hope you will forgive me. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-charset>