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On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 17:13 -0700, Scott Taylor wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I just got my rebuilt longblock back from the shop and I'm going to > start putting things back together. It's been a long time since I've > done this -- last time was over 15 years ago. Are there any general > tips anyone can offer? I remember someone suggesting Locktite for the > fan housing bolts a while back. What grade would work best? Anyplace I > should consider using a gasket sealant? > If you use loctite on the fan housing bolts, use 242 loctite. It is removable. Also, the factory had star washers under the heads of the bolts originally. Some silicone gasket adhesive over the heads of them after ther are tight will keep them from backing out. Don't forget to put the thermostat bell crank under the 2 top center head bolts, if your engine had them originally. Stuff rags in the intake ports until you are ready to install the manifolds. Make sure the distributor drive gear is in right for a T-3. A lot of shops install them from habit for T-1. -- russw <russw@classicvw.org> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~