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On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 22:15, Steven Ayres wrote: > DavidS=> I am curious about items 16 and 16a at the bottom. > > These close up the tin around the intake manifolds and hold the plug > boots. They're important. The 2 versions, 16 and 16a are dual port carbs, and FI. > > => I also don't know what 9 and 27 are > > These are the early and late versions of the pieces that go under the > cylinders, above the pushrod tubes. The larger, late version is what we > call the 'cool tin.' These are also important (is there any piece that's > *not* important?), and the cool tins are a significant improvement. You should have taken a "9" off each side of your engine when you tore it down. > -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~