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On 6 Sep 2004 at 18:09, David Sanderson wrote: > <http://www.hkin.educ.ubc.ca/sanderson/Personal/Engine_1/Engine_1.html> > > AS you can see from the last pic, the case itself is rotten. It seems > that having a puddle of water in the case for some years has a kind > of dissolving effect on the case. You can see the bolt that holds the > oil screen and drain pan in place. The case itself is rotten around > this opening. And so now I'm looking for a case -so much for > preserving the numbers. Yeah, magnesium is pretty active in water. Sorry, but I agree that this case is probably shot. It's possible that RIMCO could save it, but I'd be worried that there would be other problems with it, too. I have good used type 3 cases if you need one, but your best bet might be to find a nice complete DRY engine at a local junkyard. That would mean more work, but you'd get more good parts, too. -- ******************************* 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 ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~