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On 23 Aug 2005 at 18:56, type3weezer@comcast.net wrote: > Sorry my mistake. The 19 is cast onto the top of the MC, and I'm almost > certain that it is the original. That would be great if you could scan the > info on the rod. I just got back from my new German friend and not only is > he a wealth of know how but he also has a great stash of T3 parts. The front > wheel cylinders for my car that I didn't think exsist? He had 4 of them. > (they're now mine) He also had original feul pumps, T3 rims, early T3 > mufflers(coffee can with the tail pipe) Some parts OEM. Needless to say he's > my new best friend. Congratulations on your new friend, and the parts you got from him, but I encourage you to not just use new parts because you found some, rather you should consider that these are just about unobtainable, so it's in everyone's interest that we all work to conserve what we have. To me, that means rebuilding parts whenever possible, rather than throwing away parts that might be rebuildable and consuming some of the last available inventory. I'm always willing to try to rebuild brake parts, but I'll let you know if they just won't make it. > One thing he did mention that I'm going to check today... where the rubber > plug with the hose from the resivoir goes into the MC ther is a small metal > washer with an oval hole. He said sometimes the rebuilds come without it and > maybe mine is missing. He also agreed with you about the pushrod. So I'm > checking for the washer and then will attack the pushrod. That sounds like an early MC, and I'm not very familiar with them. I THINK those are the ones where the tube that inserts in the rubber grommet is metal. If yours is plastic, then there's no washer. And I though the washer just had a round hole, but I'm not sure about that. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~