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On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 00:01, David Sanderson wrote: > Hi again > > Sorry for all the questions tieing bandwidth but I am trying to make > some progress on this car. I am about to bolt the engine together. > All is prepared and then I notice that there is no recessed area for > the O ring on the engine through bolts. It seems that in some of > these older cases they did not use this O ring but rather had a nut > with a recessed area for an o-ring I guess. Any suggestion about how > to put this together without it leaking? thanks... again. > http://classicvw.org/gallery/Engine-progress/R_side?full=1 Originally, they had no o-rings. They came with a ground flat washer and a nut. That had a sealant under it. The above link is the one of my engine, where you can seel the sealant. I use Aviation Permatex under the washers. You can use the red sealing nuts. without the washer and put the seal toward the case. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~