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On 26 Oct 2004 at 16:44, Ben Doughney wrote: > On 26 Oct 2004, at 4:34 PM, Jim Adney wrote: > > > That's not really the oil filler, that's the breather box.> I was thinking of unscrewing the breather box and screwing on a Type 1 > oil filler 'box'- I think it will fit on the breather stand OK, but I > am not sure if it would fit under the engine hatch though? Okay, that will work, but, like you, I don't know if it will fit. > > You'll probably want to plug the hole for the oil pressure switch. > > You'll need > > the special adapter seals for the oil cooler. Unless your car is > > already 12V, > > you'll have flywheel problems; I don't think you can just install the > > old 6V > > flywheel on the 12V crank, and you'll need a different pressure plate > > to work > > with the early throwout bearing. > > Ah yes, the oil pressure switch hole- what is the best thing to use as > a plug? Use a brass 1/8" pipe plug. > I do have a 6V flywheel here to fit on a late crank luckily. That won't work. The nose of the late crank won't accept it. I > think I might have a late cooler floating around somewhere- it would > probably be better to use that wouldn't it? Some kind of type 3 cooler will be necessary. You MUST make sure that you understand the options for the cooler seals or you will get yourself in trouble here. > I just thought of one other thing- will I need to use the type 3 style > 'cool tin' underneath the cylinders or can I use standard deflector > plates? The special "cool tin" only came into use in type 3s from '71-on. To use them, you will also need '71-on type 3 bottom and top tin. The normal tin is generally fine. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~