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I just took a minute and looked at Russ's pages on rebuilding his early type 34 engine. If you haven't visited there, it's worth a look. Start here and crawl thru the photos: http://classicvw.org/gallery/Engine-progress/caseleft1 Comments for Russ: I have some valve guides if you still need one. Why was your crank coated with Cosmoline? Was it actually new, or was this a reground that came this way? Have you ever found an engine where someone had forgotten to put on the timing gear snap ring? If so, what was the outcome? Which engines used the thick dist drive gear shim? I've always lubed the cam lobes, but never bothered with the gear. I guess I assumed that they would all be oiled in the first engine rotation anyway, and since gear faces roll without slipping anyway the wear should be minimal. Did they teach you to lube the gear at VW school? (I've just never seen this mentioned anywhere else before. It doesn't seem necessary, but it certainly can't hurt.) I was surprised to see that little tin piece under the oil cooler. I suspect most people don't even know that it exists and have never seen one, as most of them were lost in a previous rebuild. Was this one in place on the engine when you tore it down? Was this a virgin engine? Sorry for all the questions.... Nice photos and nice work. I sure wish i had your shop. ;-) -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~