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I had the retaining spring on the throwout bearing break off and get caught in the starter drive once, kept it engaged and wore out the starter shaft rather quickly! Look for a vacuum leak on #1 leaning things out... and keep the speeds under 100! we want both Leon and his car to live long happy lives! Keith > > New problem: > > I guess you guys heard about my starter shorting out my battery in an earlier > e-mail , well my newer starter just started to crank itself while on the highway , > a very strange noise was emmiting from the engine , i could not pin point where it > was comming from , was a crunching grinding sound , I went to the side checked everything for > metal shavings , found nothing , then tried to start the car and it was dead , no cranking , removed > the starte and found the starter gear ground off and melted with metal drops , i thought that > was it for my ring gear called my brother , he delivered a rebuilt starter and everything was and is > good for the past two weeks now. > > Strange problems only me or do other people see that too? > > Another problem was that my spark plug on the # 1 cylinder keepsmelting the center electrode ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org