RE: [T3] Trip to Hoosierville

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

You opinions certainly make sense...
Maybe guide life is more a function of good maintenance than use, and of
course getting the geometry set up properly from the start.

Keith


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-----Original Message-----
From: russw [mailto:russw@classicvw.org] 
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 11:49 AM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: RE: [T3] Trip to Hoosierville

On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 11:05 -0400, Keith Park wrote:
> That's an interesting observations about autos, I always thought that the
> auto's were driven harder because they had less power, were floored more
> etc.  but yea, they would have less shock than a standard if the driver
were
> less than coordinated.  Around here, what few auto's were around were
mostly
> gone by the mid 80's, especially the automatics with air!
> 
> I suppose around town, there is less extreme heat than on the highway with
a
> long haul in the heat, and its that heat that wears out the valve guides
> rather than temp cycling from lots of shorter trips at slower speeds.
> 
> Russ, what kind of service did the engine in your Fasty see since the last
> rebuild??
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
My 71 has seen mostly highway miles. The original owner drove about 40
miles a day round trip to work, on the interstate.  When my sister got
it, I rebuilt the engine, and serviced the tranny, and she drove it back
an forth to work in town, but then on weekends she was all over Iowa,
and her boyfriend lived in MO.
After I got it, I used it as a daily driver in the summer. 40 miles
round trip to work.
This car is an automatic. When I tore the engine down at about 90K when
my sister got it. the case was perfect. I have noticed this, the autos
rarely have hammer out main bearings. Maybe this is because the driver
cannot rev the crap out of it on the shifts, and does not sit there with
thrust pressure on the clutch at stop lights. Also, maybe the automatic
drivers are more mature, and don't hot rod so much.
Just my opinion.
-- 
russw <russw@classicvw.org>

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