[T3] push-rod length...
David Sanderson
djsanderson at telus.net
Sun Jan 2 10:48:13 PST 2011
Hi
I never throw any type 3 stuff away and had a collection of MC type 3
push rods. I've put a picture of them here
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/760333.jpg
Dave
On Jan 2, 2011, at 9:33 AM, Russ W wrote:
> 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
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Russ Wolfe
> russw at classicvw.org
>
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