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On 9 Nov 2003 at 12:09, Mark Seaton wrote: > Since I rebuilt the top end a month or so back, power's been up but there > are some disturbing noises coming from the engine. Use a long screwdriver with the blunt end in your ear and the pointy end moved around to different parts of the engine until you can localize the source of the sound. > The end-float was a little tight and there was no gasket under the > flywheel so I put a thin paper one under there. I was thinking that > this might be the result of too much end-float allowing the fan to rub. You should not have added the paper shim. That is for earlier cars which do not have O-ring cranks. End play is adjusted by changing the end play shims to ones of different thicknesses. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org