[T3] A new T-34 owner?

[Jim Adney]

On 13 Jun 2011 at 12:46, jaransont3 at comcast.net wrote:

> I am glad I did. Found a bunch of little stuff that needs attending
> to. First, one of the wire clips for the throw-out bearing was off.
> Easy fix and the throw bearing seems fine.

Was that the only thing wrong with the clutch? I thought those clips 
only served to hold the throwout bearing in place until you could get 
the engine installed and the clutch adjusted. After that, I didn't 
think the throwout bearing could back out far enough to get out of 
place.

> That is when I noticed that the two small pieces of tin around the
> manifolds were missing. Whoever rebuilt this engine for the previous
> owners did know type 3s and didn't pay that much attention. Fortunately
> I had a set of those tins in my stash. 

How many miles on this engine since it was rebuilt? One of my cars 
came without those pieces (the ones the SP wires pass thru, right?) 
and it had been seriously overheated. The flywheel seal was hard as 
rock and had hundreds of mini cracks that led it to leak oil 
constantly.  

> Removed the right carb and loosened the manifold to sneak the tin in
> place and decided I better check the manifold to head gasket, another
> common mistake people make. Sure enough, they had used the type 1
> metal gaskets with the built in air leak from the extra hole. 

I thought those metal gaskets would still seal, it's just that the 
thickness is wrong for the FI engines. Or does the dual carb manifold 
not cover the sealing ridge all the way around? I've got some of 
those parts; I'll have to check. I never thought about that 
possibility.

Sounds like you found a LOT of little things that needed attention. 
Those are good to straighten out, because those little details are 
just the kinds of things that will come back to haunt us if they're 
left wrong.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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