[T3] Clutch Kit Recommendations

[Craigs List]

Jim,

Once you get to a few of my later post you will see the real damage we
found when we took it fully apart today.

Adam
On Sep 12, 2015 5:18 PM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 11 Sep 2015 at 19:02, Craigs List wrote:
>
> > Verdict is in. Not good.
> >
> > http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1402299.jpg
> >
> > http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1402300.jpg
> >
> > Looking for a short block now.
>
> The photos aren't particularly clear, but they look like there may be
> some metal shavings in there. It would be useful to know if the
> shavings were steel or alum (magnetic or not.) In general, bits that
> big, that look like shavings that come from some sort of machining
> process, are probably not wear particles, but leftovers from machine
> work that was not cleaned out particularly well before the previous
> rebuild. Finding them in your sump, is not particularly troubling,
> but if there were others that were small enough to get thru the
> filter screen, they could become problems. If others were left behind
> in the oil galleys, those would also be problems.
>
> If these are machining particles, it's the ones you DON'T find, that
> are troubling. If these are small wear bits, then, yes, they signify
> something you should worry about.
>
> Do you feel like taking the engine apart, just to clean and inspect
> things? A "new" shortblock, may come with its own problems.
>
> --
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