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On 4 Jun 2006 at 21:18, Keith Park wrote: > 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. Yes, I always clean those inside and out in a rebuild. Yours sounds fine. > 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. Other way around. Wear makes the free play go away. You need to make sure the free play always stays above zero. A hard flywheel O-ring does sound like a problem, however. I usually don't see them get hard unless they have gotten really hot, but that could happen just because the clutch was slipping. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~