[T3] Thermostat spring

Joe Plowick III gtixpress at vdubnut.com
Tue Jul 26 09:21:31 PDT 2011


Sorry about that.  It should be fixed now!

Joe P.


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Brent Bottolfson <brent at bottolfson.net>wrote:

> Joe, the link doesn't work.  I think you need to make it public.
>
> Brent
>
>
> On 7/25/11 8:24 PM, Joe Plowick III wrote:
>
>> Well I found a spring that would work at my local Advance Auto store.  I'm
>> in the process of getting everything setup and adjusted and noticed one
>> small issue.  The top of the thermostat rubs against the mounting bracket.
>>  The mechanism appears to work correctly and opens all the way, but I
>> would
>> hate for this to be a place to bind in the future.  How would I go about
>> adjusting this?  I don't see anything that appears to be bent, but I guess
>> the thermostat mount could be.  This is also an aftermarket thermostat
>> that
>> I had from many years ago and still works fine.
>>
>> Here is a link to a picture of where it binds:
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/**lh/photo/**qHduSdGTTREx01tNobvo6Q?feat=**
>> directlink<https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qHduSdGTTREx01tNobvo6Q?feat=directlink>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Joe P.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Joe Plowick III<gtixpress at vdubnut.com>**
>> wrote:
>>
>>  That's awesome!  Thanks!
>>>
>>> Joe P.
>>> 1969 VW Squareback
>>> On Jul 18, 2011 11:42 PM, "Brent Bottolfson"<brent at bottolfson.**net<brent at bottolfson.net>>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> overall length: 5 1/4"
>>>> length from flap end to spring coil: 3 1/8"
>>>> spring section: 1 1/8"
>>>> 20 turns in the spring section
>>>> length from crank end to spring coil: 1"
>>>> wire diameter: .05"
>>>> width of spring section is just over 1/2"
>>>> the hook on the short end is the same width as the spring section
>>>> the hook on the long end is about half the size of the other
>>>>
>>>> I still need to assemble my longblock and had the spring in a box. I
>>>> really had a hard time finding an original one. Some people use one
>>>> from a FLAPS. I checked into having some made to the original specs,
>>>> but it would be expensive!
>>>>
>>>> Brent
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/18/11 8:32 PM, Joe Plowick III wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have the dimensions for the thermostat return spring on the
>>>>> flaps? Mine has come up missing so I may have to source another one.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe P.
>>>>> 1969 VW Squareback
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