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So I went over the engine a bit while it was out... One thing that was my possible theory about the engines having more temperature fluxuations as they get older, especially after coming off the freeway, was an oil cooler that gets seepy, covered with oil then dirt plugs the grid. Ive seen older engines where it was completely plugged off. So I pulled up my left tin and checked it out, and my cooler was still quite clean, so I guess that wasn't it but with the trip across Nebraska with the heat this summer I figured it would be good to check. I pulled the clutch and this had me more perplexed, it was starting to slip just a bit and with 57K on this disk (Sach's spring disc) It really had very little wear on it. The high spots were quite glazed and it seemed it had a bit of an oil film on it on the flywheel side but nothing was really wet, the flywheel was dry, the pressure plate dry, so I pulled the flywheel anyway and the crank seal looked good (it was a red one). The Oring however was really pertified so maybe a little oil we getting past it? I really wouldn't have expected the clutch to be slipping with what I found though. Adjustment you say? Well... as the clutch wears you get ADDITIONAL slack in the cable, so it would be LESS likely to slip, and I hadn't adjusted it in quite a while so I don't think that was it. Anyway, I replaced the disc (with a valeo, I only need another 10-15K out of this) a new main seal and a new O ring. So all should be well now. Tommoro it goes back in, and all should be ready for the trip to Myrtle creek! Keith Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 golf "Winterat" 93 RX7 "Redstur" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~