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Thanks for the pictures Russ. I have the early type 3 Bentley which shows the same exact pictures, so I'm glad that everyone knows what we're up against. I believe the PO honed the beejebbers out of the cylinders so I'm not sure about the front cylinders. That's why I have thought of replacing them. Little did I know how hard they are to find. The original MC is a 19. (It's stamped on top of the MC) If you look on Russ's sheets on "reinforced brakes" you'll see they switched from 20 down to 19. This is why the rebuild is also a headache. Sorry about the pushrod, Jim. I took it apart a couple of years ago. Iwas younger and not very bright ;-) I'm going to a different garage today. An older German gentleman owns it and he rebuilt my carbs years ago. Maybe I'll get lucky and he might have some older parts around. knowing what you do about my situation, would you think the rod needs to be shorter or longer? -- John 65 square (weezer) 04 jetta It may be ugly but she's all mine! . > > You're never supposed to touch the push rod adjustment. This is set at the > factory to a length that is determined there, to adjust out the dimensional > tolerance buildup between the body and pan once mounted together. The length in > the manual is just an average value, and I believe we discovered that it wasn't > even right; ISTR that the Bentley value has 2 digits swapped. Maybe that > mistake is in all the manuals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~