[T3] Pan Seal

[Jim Adney]

On 1 May 2011 at 17:48, Brent Bottolfson wrote:

> I've been cleaning up a 73 pan this weekend and the pan gasket isn't 
> much of a gasket at all.  It's kind of like a rubbery plumbers putty and 
> it looks like there's was a foam strip along the front with it.  Really 
> sticky and a pain to get off.  No nails in the pan at all.  I'm guessing 
> VW changed to this kind of seal at some point over the rubber seal.  
> Will a rubber seal be fine putting it back together?

I've never had a pan off, but I think Berg talks about a similar 
change in Beetles. His opinion is that the later seal is pretty awful 
and it's better to replace it with the early style.  

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