Re: [T3] Missing cooling tin!

["Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info>]

<x-flowed>>> 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.

I believe I have the right part. I will take a photo of it and post it, 
probably tomorrow.

> 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.

I have a really nice breather box waiting to be installed. It does not have 
a fixture to connect it to the oil filler, and my oil filler doesn't have a 
nipple to connect to it. My understanding is that there is supposed to be a 
rubber valve on the end of the pipe. Is it possible that the connection to 
the oil filler pipe was only on FI cars?

> 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.

They are missing, as in not on the car, but I do have them waiting to be 
installed.

> 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 have some on the way. They will be on the car when I put everything 
together.

> 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.

Will do.

> 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?
> --

I think the engine mounts came from you, didn't they? I moved the front tin 
out of the way so I could get the top tin out more easily. Is there some 
other way I can check the engine orientation; in other words, one which 
isn't dependent on some bent piece of engine tin?

Thanks,

Daniel


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