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On 26 Aug 2004 at 20:44, Russ Wolfe wrote: > On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 20:27, K5Dar@aol.com wrote: > > I learned to drive in a 50' bug. Our family had that car for years & I took > > it to college in the late 60's. I can't remember adjusting the valve's but > > once & then they were only off a little on the loose side. That had to be at > > somewhere between 200 & 300 thou. All of the engines that I've had since need > > adjustment at around 6 -9 thou. Maybe more power isn't such a great thing. > > > That old bug had a 36hp engine. They would loosen up the valves as they > ran. The camshafts would go flat eventually. Wasn't that an even smaller engine in '50? 24 hp or some such? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~