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On 16 Jul 2003 at 12:22, emilio tiraboschi wrote: > mechanic told me that the negative camber (a little more at the left side) > of my 1970 automatic notchback could be caused by: > > 1. worn rubber bushings at the spring plate/torsion bar connection or Possible, but I don't think it would have a large effect. These bushings are the same as late beetles. > 2. wheel bearing or Not possible, the bearing this bad would make the car almost impossible to drive. > 3. worn rubber bushings inside(?) diagonal arm Possible, but not likely. These bushings are also the same as late beetles Another possibility is that the diagonal arm is bent. One of our members reports that this is common. > The other question is related to a minor oil leak. I think it comes from the > vertical metal breather pipe that, in my car setup, is not connected to the > oil filler tube, but has something like a rubber cap with a small hole at > the end. The right heat exchanger cover (asbestos?!?!) is oily, there are no > leaks coming from pushrod tubes, valve cover gaskets, crankase pulley. Any > suggestions about fixing it? That tube is really not in the right position to drip oil on the heat exchanger. The problem is more likely due to slow leakage at the valve cover gasket. Even if you can't see a leak there, it is probably there, but just slow. > 1970 notch AT carb I didn't expect to see this kind of tube on a car this late. I thought 67 was the last year for the draft tube with the rubber "valve" on the end. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org