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On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 15:03, Jim Adney wrote: > > > > - 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? > http://classicvw.org/gallery/partsbook/enginetin #9 is what he should have. #27 is the "cool tin" -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~