[T3] The Bentley and it's case assembly compared to videos

[Sean Bartnik]

It’s there, all cases have it. Otherwise the oil that gets past #1 main and onto the end play shims would not be able to drain back to the crankcase. 

If you are looking at the seal end of the crankshaft, the drain hole is at about 7 or 8 o’clock. But you can’t see it until the flex plate is off, the seal is out, and the end play shims are out. 

-Sean

> On Jul 4, 2020, at 12:36 PM, William Jahn <willjahn975 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I thumbed through my Bentley a few times lately and to be honest it jumps
> around from one part to another. It's a wonder one could use it . I also
> used the Haynes.
> 
> My question is on the videos some in the know talk about a opening casee
> side of the crank seal. It's purpose is to allow oil to return to the sump.
> I don't recall seeing this. It's also mentioned while applying case half
> sealer not to get it in the rear oil galley. I recall being very careful
> not to do so.
> 
> Does anyone know or has seen the small opening referred to behind the
> crank seal? It's supposed to be on the bottom end of the case half behind
> the area the seal seats in the case. Is this just for certain years? I've
> just watched videos on 1600 cases and all of them had a clutch and all were
> Beetle engines. Not a single one on an auto trans flex plate.
> I also see lower case half nuts yet I see one small stud above and below
> the cam.
> 
> William
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20200704/44d9ad0d/attachment.html>
> _______________________________________________
> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org
> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:
> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org