[T3] push-rod length...

[Russ W]

On 1/1/2011 5:38 PM, Frank Meek wrote:
> Hi there
> My original question concerned two extra rods in my T-3 stash...each
> curiously, (as far as I remember), unmolested.  Before I moved them to a
> more sectionally accurate box for organizational reasons, I though I'd make
> certain that they were at least close to "factory specs."  I couldn't find
> any reference number for these in the later Bentley version of the "factory"
> manual and therefore the question.  I had remembered that this has been
> posted before, but apparently I had not recorded it where it should have
> been...next to the schematic...which shows no dimension, (nor does the
> commentary).  I have always set my pedal by feel, noting the 1mm distance by
> hand.  And, I have had a failure, incidentally, (many years ago), when the
> rear line, passing the driver's side tunnel, rusted through.  Everything
> worked well to get me home safely...fronts and hand brake worked
> marvelously, if timidly.
> So, based upon the various reports as to what this measurement, (necessary
> or not), might be, I went back to mine, under a pile of Porsche parts, and
> measured them.  Each of these, while notably different in thread exposure in
> the casting, measured 149.5, +/- .5.  I don't care who's right here, by the
> way, (if there is such a thing), but I thought I'd report back with these
> findings.
> As a side note to this, I have been restoring my 356 for a good while now
> and I have, I suppose, become used to the superfluous and accurate
> renderings of these sorts of details in the Porsche workshop manual, and I
> now get a bit exasperated when I can't find simple dimensions in the T-3
> books.  I suppose it's the nature of what was expected of the drivers of
> these vehicles at that time.
> Best regards
> FE Meek


Here is a picture of the 2 different rods side by side.  Left is late 
T-1 and all T-3.  Right is early Type 1.

http://classicvw.org/gallery2/v/my_misc/brake+rods.jpg.html

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Thanks,
Russ Wolfe
russw at classicvw.org