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On 23 Aug 2005 at 20:48, Everett Barnes wrote: > I remember having to reset my '63 Notchback because someone had changed it. > There was a clear mark at where it had been for 30+ years before someone > messed with the pushrod. When I adjusted back to where it looked like it > should be, it matched the length stated in my 1961 dealer shop manual - > 143.5 mm. > > My '65 shop manual says the same thing - 143.5 mm +/- 5 mm. > > Of course there is a possibility I am remembering it wrong but my guess > would be that if the '61 manual was wrong, it would have been corrected in > the '65 edition. Okay, this is getting more complicated and more interesting. Would you be able to go to one of these early cars and measure the horizontal distance between the back of the pedal and the metal crosspiece in front of it? I wonder if it is closer than the 220/225mm specified for the later cars. Any chance that the early pedals just got set more "upright" than the tandem MC pedals? I'm pretty sure that the geometry of the nose of the MCs didn't change, because we would have heard about that from people who upgraded to tandems over the years, but there's always the chance that something on the body changed, like the place where the pedal cluster bolts to the tunnel, or the cluster geometry itself. I know that the clutch cable changed, but I don't know why. I can check tonight to see when it changed, and by how much. Maybe the whole cluster got moved back ~10 mm at some point. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~