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On 18 Apr 2006 at 13:29, Matthew Jones wrote: > 1. What can I use to plug the large hole in the bellhousing (top right, looking > from the rear, near mounting bolt hole). ISTR this is for a sensor on the Type > 1 FI or something? Don't know. Perhaps VW has something for those cars that don't need the hole. > 2. 8mm studs in case savers. What torque on the head nuts? Check a manual for a late Beetle. Use the torque that they spec for the engines with 8mm studs. It is LESS than the torque for 10mm studs. > 3. Got new guides in the heads - they've come back with very narrow ex.valve > seats - only about 1.3mm width on the sealing surface. Is this too little? This > is a stock engine, and I don't want the exhaust valves overheating. It's in the Bentley manual: 1.3-1.6mm. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~