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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> > On 30 May 2003 at 9:36, Mark Seaton wrote: > > > The only slight worrying thing was that the bulbous end of the damper (don't > > know what its for) wedged hard up against the beam as I tightened the mounting > > bolt- perhaps I should have fitted spacer washers? Other than that it was > > straight forward. > > The bulbous thing is a reservoir for spare fluid, so some can leak out and > you'll still have a "full" damper. > > There should be a washer under the damper. The damper should be mounted via its > rubber bushing so if it touches the axle beam you lose the isolation. I don't > remember this being a close thing. Are you sure you got a type 3 damper? Well it was sold to me as a type3 damper, and it looked pretty identical to the one that came off- made by cofap in brazil. There wasn't a washer under the old one and there wasn't one in the mounting kit supplied so I'll have to search for something suitable. Mark Seaton '73 Fasty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org