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On 4 Mar 2004 at 13:53, Ben Doughney wrote: > On 14/03/2004, at 9:52 AM, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > Finally, what kind of washer is supposed to go under the needle valve? > > In most rebuild kits it is either a brass or aluminium washer. I think > they give you a 1 & 1.5mm washer in the kit. From memory you should > install the 1.5mm. > > The other thing is- there are two types of needle valve. Some have a > ball bearing in the end of the shaft, and need a thicker washer, and > the ones with the solid shaft take the thinner washer. It is only the > original valves that I have seen with the ball though. Is it possible that you guys are talking about the float valve? The needle valve is a different part. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org