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On 9 May 2005 at 8:51, Daniel Baum wrote: > - I understand there is supposed to be a spring under the distributor. > Yesterday I discovered that mine is missing. Is this a type 1 part? Yes, the same spring was used on all type 1s, 2s, 3s & 4s. > - FI spark plug tin DOES fit dual carb engines, as shown by this pic: > > http://www.type34.info/temp/Spark%20plug%20tin.jpg Yes, it will work, but I assume that the exactly correct tin will actually fit with no interference. > - Here is the latest progress photo: > > http://www.type34.info/temp/tin%20on.jpg > > Jim, your upper tin looks great. Once again, if there's anything wrong, I > would like to know about it. It's your paint job that makes it! > - You've completely lost me on the bottom tin. Mine is there, but a bit > molested, and I am not sure how it was originally attached. I know it screws > to the upper tin, and to the heat exchangers, but where does it clip to the > head studs? The bottom tin we were talking about is just a small (approx 10-12 cm square) piece on each side that sits just below the cylinders and ABOVE the pushrod tubes. You may not even have seen these parts, but you should check, because they are critical, and sometimes get left off. The good news is that if yours are missing, beetles use the same part. The bad news is that if yours are missing you have to take the heads off to install them. VW calls them lower air deflectors. To see if you have them, stick your fingers up between the center of the middle 2 pushrod tubes. You should run into a plate rather than into the cylinder fins. This plate should be tight, not loose. Oddly enough, I can't find a picture of them in the Bentley manual. It's shown, but poorly, in the Haynes, ch 1, fig 29.2. That photo shows 2 of the fingers that snap up onto the head studs. Can anyone else find a better photo? Everything else that I can see looks fine. Something to verify is that the generator needs to be installed with the housing turned so that the cooling hole in its side points straight down. This is easy to check because Bosch stamped a short line on top. That line should line up with the dot in the center of the hold down clamp. I think that yours is at least close. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~