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the engine is tired, anyway - low power (no, like less than it should have) and quite leaky out of the pushrod tubes. I am on the scope for a new one - now even moreso. Anyone have an engine near Chicago or Cincinnati that they are looking to offload? On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 12:32, Russ wolfe wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 12:22, boinger wrote: > > it is definitely not at all like this. > > > > Okay, here's the whole deal: > > > > I have to open the engine hatch to check the oil, add oil, or anything > > like that. And the dipstick is next to the filler, not the same > > device. However, it IS different than my '69 Bug's setup. > > > > Where that picture shows the oil cap/dipstick combo I have a bolted-in > > plate. It has a few layers of paint on it, so I figured it was just > > 'like that' for my car and was changed at some point later. I've seen > > the other (correct, I guess) oil dipstick out the back, but just assumed > > mine was in-between where the body/frame had the holes, but the engine > > wasn't yet altered. > > > > Now it SOUNDS from that like my engine is 'wrong', but I have the 4-part > > heat-exchanger things like other T-3s, not the Type-1 > > only-the-two-big-ones type heat exchangers and a type-3 muffler (I even > > put in a new Dutch muffler in the fall). > > > > I'll take some pictures tonight. > > > It does sound like someone has made a T-1 case work in a T-3. I have > seen this before. Not the best set-up, but if you are willing to live > with it, it is cheaper than replacing the engine case, with a T-3 case. -- boinger <boinger@qamail.transora.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org