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On 17 Jun 2003 at 16:25, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > for the front door seals i have seen the german seals for around $160, and > an econo brazil version for $19. I am sure that there must be some > difference, does anyone know? The cheapos I've seen on ebay are just one simple extrusion glued into a loop. The real things are made of many specialized pieces. > I am realizing that my clutch is slipping, so I am planning on a replacement > soon. on my bus whenever replacing the clutch, I usually replace the pressure > plate and throw-out bearing at the same time...usually comes in a kit. while > browsing on line i saw a rigid clutch disc and a sprung clutch disc? why choose > one over the other? who sells a kit? I have only seen the parts sold > individually. I've usually replaced everything, too, but that has left me with a bunch of quite good pressure plates. The only bad pressure plate I've ever had was a Luk that was OE my 68. It was beautiful but the design was faulty and it didn't last. Unfortunately I had to take the engine out twice to convince myself that it was the problem. I bought a solid center clutch once also, then went back to the spring center. I believe the spring center gives smoother engagement, but I'm not sure about that. If you're willing to try used parts, I have plenty of them, and some new parts also. I think next time I'll just use them. Most of the time when I take an engine out I replace the clutch disk, but even those seem to be virtually unworn. I'm pretty sure that in most cases, your old parts are fine, but you really have to know what to look for and that only comes from comparing new parts with old ones. > as for spark plug wires, i always use bosch, sometimes, every now and then > when putting the sparkplug wire into its little clip/holder, i slice the > wire cover. any tips on preventing that? I don't buy complete wiresets, as you can't get the OE style dist cap connectors any more. I have plenty of parts, however, and I buy the wire in 100' rolls. If you have the original ends, it is easy, and cheap, to replace just the wires. The wires are fine until the insulation gets hard or cracks, and the SP connectors are fine as long as they measure 1 kOhm. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org