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On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 21:28, Jim Adney wrote: > > 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. Remember Jim, he has an 1965 single circuit system. Push rods may not be the same. If I can tomorrow, I will see if I can measure the one in my '66 and the one in the T-34. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~