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On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 22:40, David Martinez wrote: > I know they are going to fix whatever is wrong it just pisses me off and > meanwhile I hear Jim's voice in my head Saying something like "if is better > the engineers would have made it that way from the get go". > > Although I did not build this long block I am pretty confident on the > builder, is there A way to check that the cam gear is engaging other than to > pull the cover on the pump?, I believe you can see this through the fuel > pump hole on top of the engine, I was looking in there when I had to remove > a piece of the bakelite spacer that broke on the old engine. > No, you can't see the the oil pump gears, but you can see the camshaft gear. But, you can't tell which style it is. I would just about bet that they have a late style cam, and an early style pump. Pull the fan housing and the pump cover. It is going to have to be done sooner or later. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~