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On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 00:06, Jim Adney wrote: > On 4 Feb 2005 at 12:15, Air_Cooled_Nut wrote: > > > >>... A couple of questions before I start - the books mention a paper gasket > > >> between the pulley and the fan... > > > > I've seen that gasket and it is THIN! Is it really required? Why? > > It doesn't bother me that it's thin, but it does bother me that there's > supposed to be 1 gasket and 2 steel shims there. The 2 shims mean that there > are 3 interfaces, so why does just one get a gasket? And yes, that's the way > they all came from the factory: 1 gasket, 2 shims. > > Plus whenever you take that area apart you never find oil in the space behind > the gasket anyway.... All I have ever seen is 1 Shim. There may be 2 different thicknesses. But all I have ever seen on a teardown is 1. Even on virgin factory engines. 1 metal shim, the dowl pin, and 1 paper gasket. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~