Re: [T3] Tired on putting engine cover on ground

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 23 May 2003 at 12:18, Gary Gamboa wrote:

> Can anyone explain how the strap/string to hold the engine lid open was
> configured. I have a 'buckle' on the top side of the engine cover that a
> remaining peiece of the string was attached to, but I cannot tell where it
> hooked to, or what was on the other end of the string. 

For squarebacks, this just reached up and clipped to the drip rail at the rear 
of the roof. It really wasn't useful, because this didn't give enough clearance 
to do much of anything with the engine. Fastbacks (and notches, I assume) 
didn't get this strap, they just have a hook near the right hinge that you can 
snag the right side latch loop into.

As a practical matter, I always take the cover out, too. It's the only way to 
get enough room to work. Note also that just tilting the cover all the way back 
against the rear seat will usually bend the anchors for the tabs on the forward 
end of the cover, so I don't recommend this.

This means that squareback engine covers are different from all the others, 
since only the squarebacks got the strap and hook. In the final year of 
production, however, VW even dropped the strap and hook from the squares, too, 
so, for that year alone, the engine covers were all alike. (Someone else can 
write in now and tell me I'm wrong, because maybe early squares didn't get the 
strap either.  ;-)

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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