[T3] Thermostat linkage spring?

[Mike Fisher]

It looks like an original return spring for dual Solex carburetors to me?
They hook to the dual slots on both engine tins & face straight up to the
carburetors.

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 8:08 AM, Daniel K. Du Vall <dduvall at 1peter4-10.org>
wrote:

> Thanks Keith, I know where this head came from it was on one of my early
> 1600s it was purchased new and used for a very short time till I built the
> motor up to a 1915cc. Nothing has been done to it, it's all stock and I
> have the matching other side and can replace it if I need to. This motor is
> running Megasquirt EFI so I am not worried if it's not a type3 head.
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel Du Vall
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-
> bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Keith Park
> Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2016 10:01 AM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Thermostat linkage spring?
>
> id HIGHLY reccomend NOT haphazardly replacing heads, if the plug stripped,
> fix it, install a helicoil or an insert as Id reccomend.
> who knows what CC the new head is, or compares with the old, some were
> stepped, some have been fly cut (most by now) and the compression ratio
> could be changed drastically if you dont know.  Many aftermarket heads have
> different castings too...  so many engines blow up and nobody knows why
>
> and the root cause comes down to details like this, which really arent
> details after all.
>
> Keith
>
>
> Topnotch Restorations
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> 71 Squareback  "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
> 93 RX7  "Redstur"
> 87 Golf  "Winterat"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-
> bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
> On Behalf Of Daniel K. Du Vall
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2016 10:43 AM
> To: 'type3 at vwtype3.org'
> Cc: type3-vwtype3.org at lists.vwtype3.org
> Subject: [T3] Thermostat linkage spring?
>
> Finally had to do it. The passenger side number one spark plug since I
> received this 1972 Squareback has always bothered me in how it tightened
> down, Well on Saturday I was checking the valves and had removed the number
> one spark plug to make sure I was at TDC number one and also see how I was
> doing with fuel air mixture. When it came time to put it back in it went in
> real easy and never tightened down. Luckily I had a spare set of heads and
> so I pulled it and am in the process of replacing it.
>
> Now a long while back I had removed the tin on that side to remove a
> washer that had fallen into the intake valve on number one, In the process
> of doing so I removed a small spring from the linkage and could not
> remember where it went. Does anyone know where it was? Since I have it all
> open I want to place it back in.
>
> Here is a link to a pic of the spring:
> http://volkswageninsanity.us/Postings/thermspring.jpg
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel Du Vall
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