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On 2 Mar 2005 at 12:15, Daniel Baum wrote: > I've known for a while that I am missing that tin on the right, but that I > have it on the left. > > Since I already have my engine apart, and since I managed to find one of > these tin pieces a couple of days ago, today I took off the carb, manifold > and top tin so I could out it in. You need the early one, which is longer and reaches down below the centerline of the cylinder. > Here are a couple of photos of my engine's current predicament: > > http://www.type34.info/temp/mini-Photos%20March%202005%20018.jpg > > http://www.type34.info/temp/mini-Photos%20March%202005%20019.jpg > > If anyone can spot anything else that needs doing while it's all taken > apart, now might be a good time to tell me about it. You probably already know about this, but you seem to be missing the tube that goes down from the breather box to the oil filler pipe. I can't see whether you have the correct filler pipe with the nipple that comes up to join that missing pipe. You appear to be missing the two ~1" steel pipes that carry fresh air forward to the heater mixer boxes to either side of the tranny nose. The hoses for those are no doubt missing also. You don't show the tin that you removed for the photo, so do you have the little piece that both spark plug connectors pass thru? That's as important as the piece that you were missing at the rear. Your SP connectors aren't Bosch, but they DO have the correct rubber seals to mate to the holes in that tin. I see at least one spark plug with a dirty insulator, which can let a spark track down it. Probably no problem in your dry climate, but I'd still wipe it clean. I can see one nice rubber rear engine mount, but it looks like the space above the right side of the engine front plate is larger than that on the left. Is it possible that the engine needs to be moved to the right to get it better centered? -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~