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I suspect that your right, at least with the newer cam plug, although EXTREMELY AGGRIVATING, is a doable fix. It just means that the work on the Crate gets pushed off this Summer, probably until I get back from the Invasion. How should I fix this rubber plug in place So Im not in the same boat again in a few years?? Keith On 19 Jun 2006 at 21:41, Keith Park wrote: > Has anyone had any issues with oil galley plugs (especially the front engine > ones) with ANY of the T1 or 3 cases? My impression is that there were occasional problems with early cases which were opened up to accept larger cylinders. Some of them would occasionally crack thru to one of the galley plug in the face. This was partly due to lack of a radius at the bottom of the enlarged opening and partly due to stress from the head stud which attached in that area. The fix was supposed to be twofold: Do the jug openings properly with a nice generous radius at the bottom, and use a longer head stud for the upper forwardmost #3 head stud. This "deep sink" head stud puts the anchor point for that stud deep into the case where the stress doesn't cause problems. I think all cases made since about 1974 have the deep sink stud, and I would expect Berg to know how to sharpen their cutting tools to give the required radius. I suspect that your oil leak is much less sinister than this, but I understand that things like this NEVER seem to come at good times. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~