[T3] Update on my early Notch in the Shop!!! Early notch issues?

[William McInerney]

I will call the shop tomorrow and see if he is aware of that. Thank you for that tid bit. 
what would cause this though:
During driving I knew 
 that it was not making healthy noises...every once in a while(probably a litte more often than that) during 
accel at about 2-3k rpm the whole backend would shake and make a KA-KA-KA-KA 
slam sound for a about 3 seconds until I steaded the gas. 

 
> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:08:28 -0600
> From: russw at classicvw.org
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Update on my early Notch in the Shop!!! Early notch issues?
> 
> On 12/20/2010 12:49 PM, William McInerney wrote:***Danger****Dave said 
> that during the tuneup/valve adjustment...the valves were 6MM 
> (Really!!!) out of adjustment!!! Can you believe that. I mentioned 
> before that this is my first aircooled VW, right? During driving I knew 
> that it was not making healthy noises (every once in a while during 
> accel at about 2-3k rpm the whole backend would shake and KA-KA-KA-KA 
> for a about 3 seconds until I steaded the gas. I knew it needed a VW Pro 
> and a tune up, but I could have done some real damage huh? I thought it 
> was me and how I drive stick...it does take a little bit of footwork on 
> my part!!
> >
> One thing to realize. That a 1962 notch, would have had the early 
> heads. Those valves would have been set .008" on the intakes, and .012" 
> on the exhaust. Those were the round boss heads, and unless they have 
> been modified with a rocker arm conversion kit, they are not adjusted. 
> .006" like the later square boss heads.
> Your mechanic may not be aware of the older heads, and most have been 
> converted with the kits.
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Russ Wolfe
> russw at classicvw.org
> 
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