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Re: [T3] What keeps the oil down?


On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 11:12, Jeff Vier wrote:
> 
> I have a '67 Squareback.
> 
> What is supposed to be the 'cap' for the oil-filler hole?  My car came
> with a big rubber plug (which seems pretty shady - doesn't petroleum eat
> rubber?).  The engine 'hatch' seems to hold it down pretty well as the
> plug sticks up a fair distance, but it just seems like there would be a
> better solution.
> 
> I've seen the engine of a '70, and it had a proper little cap thingy in
> there.  Was this a later improvement?
> 
Could it be that someone has cobbled/bodged Type 1 case into his Type
3?? 
Is there any way you can get us a picture of what you have??

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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