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On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 20:42, Jim Adney wrote: > On 10 Aug 2003 at 8:30, Rustad, James R wrote: > > > I think SOME of the Lubriplate Motor Assembly Grease would be fine. I would not > fill the gear pump with it, however. All you need is enough to fill the > clearances at the edges of the gears so the pump will prime right away. > > I'd like to know how much Russ normally uses. > I use enough to fill the gaps between the gears, so it will take a prime immediately. > > Most people never clean out the passages, but RIMCO offers an option to drill > and tap all the oil passage plugs so you can clean them. I believe Bob Hoover > has commented on the amount of junk that accumulates at the "corners" of some > of the passages. The time when this is most inportant is if you are re-using a > case that has been thru a catastrophic breakdown, where metal bits might have > gotten into the oil passages. > I always flush all the oil passages with high pressure solvent and water. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org