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On 8 May 2005 at 12:49, Hal Sullivan wrote: > OTOH, if you've got an engine with 8mm head studs, tins from a 10mm > stud engine might not hold as well as they could. Same goes for > aftermarket cooltins. And some people like to wire them even if they > do snap in alright, just to be *sure* they stay put. If I understand correctly, the so-called "cool tin" was only used on type 3s from 71-3. I don't think it was ever used on type 1s or 2s, so it was never made to work with the 8mm studs. I suspect that they could be bent a bit and still be plenty tight, however. Does anyone know if the late type 1 square deflectors, the ones that came with the 8mm studs, were somehow different from the early 10mm stud version? Once again, I could imagine that they were just bent slightly differently. I've never wired either version in place, but I don't see that it could hurt anything, unless it kept you from getting them tight in there. If you left them loose, and just depended on the wire to hold them, I suspect you'd find them loose and wearing holes in the pushrod tubes in a couple of years. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~