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On 11 May 2005 at 18:20, Per Lindgren wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > >Per, it looks to me like the top surface of your bracket used to be horizontal. > >That's just a guess, based on what the other brackets look like. > > > I had a look at my 70, and the bracket is identical to the one in my 73. > What I noticed when looking at the 70's engine is that if this bracket > would have been horizontal, it would most likely interfere with the > linkage rod for the L/H carburettor. I didnt see this when looking at > the 73, because I removed both the air filter and linkage before I took > the pictures. I was just guessing, due to the appearance of that part in the parts book, as well as its similarity to the main stem of the Tee-shaped bracket. Plus, It's extremely common to find parts like this which have gotten deformed over the years. > I dont know if you noticed it, but on both my cars, the rearmost threads > were plugged by a little white plastic plug. These are the threads used > for mounting the bigger FI bracket. I believe that the pair of holes, used together, were used to mount the coil in some versions, but given all the years that we seem to have covered, I'm at a loss to guess when this might have been done. On FI engines the Tee-shaped bracket bolts into the same hole that yours is. The rear hole is used for a clip that holds the fuel line that runs across the rear end of the engine, from cyl 4 to cyl 2. I did notice the white plastic plug. It looks like one of the plugs that go in the early greasable ball joints. Is that what it is? (Does it have a serrated edge?) > >(It looks like you have a short version of > >that silver strap clamped under your bracket.) > > > I had to look at my pictures again, but I do not know what this is for. The 68-9 FI engines have a long (~10-12 cm) silver strap that reaches to the right to hold some of the FI wires. I seem to recall seeing a shorter (4-6 cm) version on carbed cars. Both fasten under the same bolt where I think I see yours. In your photo, it looks like there's a VERY short one being used to hold the <fuel?> line running to the left carb. [Oops, I see Russ is right; this must be the vac adv line.] Then there's the cotter pin also under there.... I suspect that's a dark side mod. ;-) -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~