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Jim Adney wrote: > Take another look at it and see if there's anything you can do to keep > it from > >touching at all. Occasional touching will eventually wear thru. Keep in mind >also that the suspension pieces will move "up" once there is weight on the >wheels, so what you have now may not touch at all, unless you get airborne. > > > I'll revisit it- I think what I'll need to do is to put the car up on ramps to simulate weight. I'm feeling confident that this contact with the tie rod was only with weight off. >For fuel lines, I'd recommend oil as a lubricant. > > > I've long avoided using oil to get hoses to slide on in the event that the oil attacks the rubber. Then again, these are hoses that will have fuel going through them anyway. I haven't used enough soap to have an effect at any rate. >Yes, Bob Hoover recommends something like this for beetles. You can make a >bulkhead fitting from a piece of tubing soldered into a 3/8" threaded lamp >fitting. Then you can bend one end like you say. I've never done this, but it >would probably be a good idea, because this is the tightest bend on the car for >a pressurized fuel line. > > > I've seen Bob Hoover's idea. Won't work on out cars because the tin over the #3 cylinder won't clear. I did concoct something that may work I found a 5/16 female flare - 1/8 NPT male 90 deg street elbow. I put the 1/8 fitting through a 3/8" fender washer, through the tin on the bulkhead, through another fender washer, through a 1/8" female coupler, ending in a 1/8" NPT - 5/16" hose barb. I also have a 5/16" steel flare line, but I'll need to pick up a tubing bender. >>>I run the CSV hose over the top and then down BETWEEN the 2 FI air runners. >>>It's a bit of a squeeze, but it works well, with no sharp bends and avoids >>>conflicts with everything. >>> >>> I ran my CSV line AND the return line through the intake runners. There's plenty of room to spare and it seems a whole lot better this way. > >Okay, that sounds right. How about the special Tee at the right injectors? Was >the front end bent also? I just don't remember that detail. > > > Yup, this tee is in place. the front end bends straight up, so both the pressure return and CSV lines off the #1 and #2 injector tee comes straight up. > They are almost surely touching. If the foil under your engine cover > is still > >intact, fix this now or you'll regret it. I have good used OE right angle ends >which you can screw onto your existing wires, or you can buy a proper Bosch >set, which I also have in stock. The OE ends are more expensive, but they will >last forever. > > > Indeed this give me pause. Feel free to email me offline on the prices on these two items. >Do nothing. There are 2 insulators there: an air gap and the corrosion layer. >Of these 2, the air is probably a 100 times better insulator; the corrosion >layer adds insignificantly to any overall problem. > > > The cap (which is a Bosch cap) looks very good overall. The center contact is in great shape. >There will probably be some unexpected problems, but you've done the right >thing by getting all the simple things in order first. What's left is likely to >be minor. > > > Well, I've replaced stuff that needed replacing, taken care of any potential problems. Hopefully I didn't break any stuff in the process. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~