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On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 13:57, Constantino Tobio wrote: > While we're on the subject, does anyone know why, starting in '73, the > drain plug was removed from the sump plate, such that you couldn't > drain your oil first, then remove the plate, but rather had to drop > the whole sump plate down with the sump full of oil, producing some > messy fun? > Yeah, self-preservasion. It was because people were not dropping the plate and cleaning the screen. It forced people to clean the screen. And I agreed with them when they did it, even if it did make it messier to change the oil. I rarely pull the center plug when changing oil. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~