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On 1 Mar 2005 at 15:17, Toby Erkson wrote: > I'm under the engine of Lightsider looking up. Just checking out what's > going on under there. Replaced the cheese head screws w/stainless steel > hex head bolts. I notice that the cooling flaps are in the up position > which is good since the "engine rebuilder" failed to install the engine > cooling thermostat. Then I notice, hey!, I can see the flaps and I > shouldn't be able to because there's SUPPOSED to be cooling tin there!!! > > Yup, the "engine rebuilder" didn't install the cooling tin pieces that > fit on the bottom between the fan housing and cylinder jug! Yep, they should all be dragged out and whipped with a foam engine compartment seal. ;-) Those 2 little pieces are commonly left out, because they get forgotten until after the fan housing is installed, and after that you can't get them in. Have fun putting everything back together right. BTW, there are 2 different versions of those parts: the early ones up thru '70, and the late ones from '71-on which work with the "cool tin." Make sure that you get the right ones. On top of everything, those parts are REALLY important. Without them, most of the cooling air just bypasses the engine. > I'm guessing that since the left side is running hot I'm not getting > the proper amount of fuel for the FI (head temp sensor), right or > wrong? Probably right, but probably not too much of a difference. Most of the change in resistance comes at the lower end of the temp range. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~