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On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 23:05, Jim Adney wrote: > Speaking of thermostats: > > On 25 Nov 2004 at 17:14, Ben Doughney wrote: > > > You can repair them if it is only a small hole- I repaired one on my > > Type 4 because I couldn't find any new ones. > > I don't know for sure, but I'd be willing to bet that the thermostats were > originally "filled" with a few drops of something that boils at the right temp. > Air would behave differently, but it would certainly do something. > > Has anyone here been around when one of these popped? Did you smell anything? It is an alcohol type fluid in there. I broke on the other day trying to clean crap out from between the bellows. > > > I read somewhere that they are not making the brass bellows style for > > Type 1/3 anymore now? > > I guess that's right, but there's a more traditional style available. The ones I have seen advertised, look a lot different. I do have a few good ones laying around. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~