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If the front and rear shocks needed to perform identically, why wouldn't VW fit the same ones all round? The amount and rate of damping is vital to proper functioning of the suspension. At worst, the wrong matching of components may lead to excessive tyre wear and handling difficulties in extreme conditions. Mind you, we don't usually choose to drive our Type 3s in that manner, do we? I can understand using an alternative (wrong) part just to keep the car on the road, but make sure it can! Now let me see, I've a 470pF capacitor here, I wonder if I can use it to replace the blown 470mF one on this power supply - it's pretty much the same number after all, only one letter different. ;-) Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 1:45 AM Subject: Re: [T3] BOGE shocks > I may have found my answer! I grabbed the shocks from that front end I > brought to Hershey... they were almost like new! they are Fitchel & Sachs... > dated 12/68 (they were off a 69 Fastback)and had the part number 311 413 > 031g. So they were type 3 part numbers but the only difference is 413 > instead of 513, does that mean the SAME part just used in a different > application (front instead of rear)? > > I didnt know fitchel & Sachs shocks came original on our cars! > > Keith > > Keith Park > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~