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On 1 Sep 2003 at 11:46, garram1@swbell.net wrote: > I'm slowly (oh so slowly) putting the engine back together for my '68 > Squareback. At some point in the past the the tinware that the spark > plug wire seals seal against were removed and discarded (not by me of > course). Does anyone have a set of these laying around? Although > this engine started life as a FI engine it has been changed to dual > carbs. I don't know if that makes a difference in the shape of the > tin or not. There were different parts originally supplied for FI and dual carbs, but they must be very similar and the FI ones will work with the OE Solex manifolds. If you have something different you may have a problem. All of these pieces are hard to find but very important. It might be possible to make your own parts since these are almost completely flat. I have a 73 that came to me converted to carbs. Those same parts were also missing and that engine had gotten so hot that the main crank seal had turned hard and cracked in many little places all around. It leaked oil badly, but replacing the seal AND those plates made a big difference. > Also, there was some discussion about thermostats lately. Where can I > get the right one? I went to my FLAPS today. I guess they no longer > speak aircooled VW (they used to). I was asked if the '68 was air or > water cooled. I was then told that aircooled VWs don't have > thermostats. I told them that they do but gave up when they suggested > the local VW boneyard. I had a VERY similar experience 15 years ago at a local FLAPS. When I asked for a thermostat for my squareback he gave me an odd look and told me that they didn't have thermostats, because they didn't have water. I persisted, and he revealed that he had suspected his coworkers of putting me up to this just to make a fool of him. We settled it rather simply when I showed him the picture in his parts book, and I think we both got a good chuckle out of the experience. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org