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I drove my FB around for about a month when I first got it on the road with the same problem except they were frozen shut. I wondered why sometimes the red light would come on momentarily ;(. I freed it by knocking the shaft backand forth gently and appying loads of wd40- fine now and without dismantling anything. I would really recommend that others who buy a new type3 check this second after the oil, before firing her up. I checked everything else, and fixed loads of stuff (including all the welding on the body etc) but never thought to check that one fundamental thing. Lucky for me I guess, I think the engine must have been in really good condition at the time and I really wasn't driving far, and the VW gods were looking out for me because they liked the other stuff I had done for the car, for she still drives! and actually rather sweetly!- we will see for how long though Mark Seaton '73 TA FB NONFI RHD UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ wolfe" <russella@prairieinet.net> To: "Type 3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 4:19 AM Subject: [T3] thermostat linkage > Well, I started tearing down the '66 FB engine today. I found something > I have never seen before. The thermostat linkage bell crank on top the > head was frozen solid. Luckily for the engine, it was frozen in the > open position. > BTW, there was something on this engine that I had forgot about. The > head washers under the thermostat linkage are about twice the normal > thickness of head washers. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '66 FB MT (It drove) > '71 FB AT > '65 Bug (not running) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/