Re: [T3] generator pulley - mm wrench size?

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 30 May 2003 at 22:49, Russ wolfe wrote:

> On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 22:36, Jim Adney wrote:

> > Another advantage of the ratchet is that if you forget to take it off it just
> > ratchets. I've done it. It makes a lot of noise, and causes some minor
> > embarrasment, but it doesn't hurt anything, other than, possibly, the ratchet.
> > 
> NO, it can throw the ratchet. On a T-1, I have seen them go right
> THROUGH the deck lid. On a car with only 300 miles on it. Luckily it was
> the deck lid, and not someones head.

Were they using the ratchet to turn the engine backwards? I know lots of people 
who like to adjust the valves in the reverse order (4-3-2-1) so this would 
require using the ratchet backwards and then the ratchet wouldn't ratchet if 
the engine started up. That is probably the main reason that I always adjust 
"forward."

Or maybe on a type 1, since there is nothing to stop the handle, the whole 
thing can just spin instead of ratcheting. This won't happen with a type 3 or 
4.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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