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The manual says 143.5mm (+/- 5mm) for the single and 149.5mm (+/- 0.5mm) for the tandem. -- John 65 square (weezer) 04 jetta It may be ugly but she's all mine! > > > > 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 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. > > -- > Everett Barnes > '63 Squareback > everettb@thesamba.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~