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On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 20:55, Steven Ayres wrote: > DaveP=> why the plastic caps on top of these black boxes? > > Mainly that's how you get in there to assemble and disassemble, but you > should also clean the assembly occasionally. Beneath the cover there should > be a big spring holding down a large washer with a relatively small hole, > and all that should be free of gooey crud and move easily. > > Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ > '66 Big Ghia > Later engines had what looked like a plastic pot scrubber instead of a spring. It was there act as an oil seperator as well as hold the baffle washer in place. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~