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You should be able to tell easily when you clean it up if its rubbing or a crack. IF its a crack, eather water got in the case and froze or it was really cooked at some point. You would find other evidnece of this too. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Cost" <tcost@austin.rr.com> To: "Type 3" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 6:36 PM Subject: [T3] CRACK > Howdy all > Well, I'm just sick. Finally got up a good head of steam trying to get > my square roadworthy after sitting all these years, and found that my engine > has a big gouge/crack! Right in the oil gallery near the oil cooler above > the cylinder. You can see it here: > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/index.mv?photo+134696.jpg > > I'm hoping that this can be repaired, any thoughts? I have heard that these > cases can be welded by someone that knows what they are doing. This in > addition to the fact that my car needs to have the rear body straightened > has got me really bummed out. I am wondering if it's worth it to keep going > on this car, but I also REALLY want to get going( I've also got those cool > Porsche mags just waiting in the garage ). I'm out to start tearing it down > now, maybe the local VW shop will have some good news when they see it > tomorrow. Send words of encouragement!! > > Terry Cost > 1970 Square "Project Not-Cheap-Anymore Square" > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >