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On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 21:35 -0400, Keith Park wrote: > I pulled the flywheel (one nice thing about a lightened flywheel is that it > doesn't hurt so much when you drop it on your foot!) Anywho, the oil was > everywhere but didn't seem to have gotten into the clutch much if any. I > pulled the main seal and it looked OK but was noticeably stiffer than the > one I pulled out of the Squareback a few weeks ago. The sealing surface on > the flywheel had a bit of a mark on it, kind of like that flywheel came out > of an engine that had been outdoors for a while and they didn't completely > clean it off when the machined it. It didn't seem bad enough to be leaking > but???? Its getting a new seal, O ring, and I emeryed the sealing surface > to smooth out any irregularities. > If your Notch has a 6V flywheel, It is doubtful that it takes an Oring. Only very late 66 T-3's used an oring in the 6V flywheel. Or has yours been converted to 12V? -- russw@classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~