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On 23 Aug 2003 at 20:50, Aaron Clow wrote: > 1) The Tom Wilson book says about the air intake to use the blocks AND > a gasket on each side of the blocks where the tubes attach to the head. > I only used the blocks. The OE blocks have paper gaskets glued to each side. If these are still there, you're okay. Otherwise you need to add a paper gasket there. > 2a) I have an exhaust hardware kit for a Type 3 from CIP. Where are the > copper rings used? They fit up inside the threaded hole in the rear heat exchangers before the big threaded boss from the muffler is screwed in (with anti-seize.) > 2b) Also, one of my heater boxes looks like it had a repair done where > the muffler meets it (I think this is pretty common). I can't use that > braided-wire type gasket that allows the two-piece clamp to pull the > exhaust flange against it and clamp it to the heater box tube because > There's already some kind of "solid" gasket that looks like it's > welded onto the repair tube. Another gasket won't fit. Will I have an > exhaust leak here once I put the clamp on over this solid gasket and > the muffler flange? Should I use some kind of gasket material here to > fill it out more and then put the clamp over it? It's likely that this "solid gasket" is just the old gasket that has hardened in place. If it is in the right place, use it. If it isn't, then you can probably chip it off with a cold chisel or just grind it down with a pair of channel lock pliers. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org