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On 23 Aug 2005 at 13:44, type3weezer@comcast.net wrote: > knowing what you do about my situation, would you think the rod needs > to be shorter or longer? Looking at the Bentley manual, it doesn't seem to give the nominal length for the type 3 pushrod. There is a section in Ch 8, section 4.4, where they mention that you should have ~225mm from the back of the pedal to the cross panel in front of the pedals, measured with the ruler horizontal. That somewhat agrees with the gauge, if you read between the lines. Thinking about this some more, I suspect that the Bentley manual is not quite saying the right thing. What they should say is, "Adjust the pedal stop plate until the pedal is 225mm from the cross panel, and then adjust the pushrod to give 1mm of free play at the MC (5-7mm at the pedal.) " I measured 2 pushrods downstairs, and they both came out to about 153mm. So that's your ball park for a type 3. I have an early VW manual which gives the nominal length as 143.5mm +/- 5mm. I suspect this is the wrong number and should be 153.5 or ? Perhaps someone out there has some more data. I've put a lot of time and thought into this, and I've read thru all the manuals that I have here. In the end, I believe that your pushrod has been changed, you should adjust it according to the proceedure in my second paragraph above. The gauge I emailed you just helps you set the pedal stop plate, which is the first step above. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~