[T3] large air intake bellow

[Mike Fisher]

I've used a double wrap of bailing wire, when the band didn't fit good.

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Bryon Garvin <spinningrooves at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, thanks Jim.  Sounds like a plan.  I actually got the small band on 95%
> of the way, but when I feel around the back of it near the muffler, as far
> as my fingers reach, I can tell that it started to become unseated and
> probably isn't riding in the groove anymore.
>
> I'll just do the body-side clamp and call it good.  Thanks!
>
>  - Bryon
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>
>> On 8 Sep 2011 at 21:20, Bryon Garvin wrote:
>>
>> > I bought a new large intake bellows yesterday 'cause my old one was
>> slightly
>> > torn.  The new one (imagine this) was from Brazil and doesn't look the
>> same.
>> >  It's pretty close but those large built-up lips on the bottom side which
>> > hold the band are incorrect.  They are not slit on the sides; I had to
>> cut
>> > my own slits.  Also, they aren't very firm and don't hold the band well.
>> >  It's making it hard for me to put the band on.
>>
>> Yes, you have to cut your own slits in the new bellows.
>>
>> I have found that I can install the band that secures the bellows to
>> the body but leave out the band at the engine end. That makes
>> installation a LOT easier and works just fine. It's still hard to get
>> the bellows properly fitted all around the engine intake flange, but
>> it can be done, and it's important to do so.
>>
>> It's essential that the body end bellows be installed. If you leave
>> that one out, the bellows can be sucked into the fan and destroyed.
>> In the process it can block the air intake and cause the engine to
>> overheat.
>>
>> --
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>> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>> *******************************
>>
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