Re: [T3] Today's work

["Daryl Koch" <pbulman@nycap.rr.com>]

I found a better picture of the air deflector plates in the Haynes bug & K/G
book on pg. 2-42, pict. # 34-11.  The explanation for installation is just
below the picture.  I knew that I hung onto these old books for something.

Daryl - 72SB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Today's work


> 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.
>
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> Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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