Re: [T3] Today's work

[Russ Wolfe <russw@classicvw.org>]

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

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