<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Just as a note, Awesome Powdercoat has been having OE-style thermostats manufactured in the USA for a while now. They aren’t cheap but at least they are available.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://awesomepowdercoat.com/thermostat_new_used_rebuilt.html" class="">http://awesomepowdercoat.com/thermostat_new_used_rebuilt.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 27, 2018, at 6:49 PM, Jim Adney <<a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org" class="">jadney@vwtype3.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">OE style thermostats have been a problem for the entire aircooled VW <br class="">community, since they seem to have a limited life and the OE style is no <br class="">longer available. I've been meaning to see if I could rebuild them, but I need <br class="">some dead ones to play with.<br class=""><br class="">If you have any dead ones, contact me directly and I may be willing to pay <br class="">shipping to get them here. I only need ones that are not physically damaged, <br class="">which means no major dents and no obviously cracked bellows. There will <br class="">be a bonus if I can get a few from just one person.<br class=""><br class="">There are 2 styles: those with 15 convolutions, and those with many fewer. <br class="">At this time I'm mostly interested in the 15 convolution versions, which <br class="">should be marked 65-70 C.<br class=""><br class="">Email me personally if you have some to donate.<br class=""><br class="">thanks,<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">*******************************<br class="">Jim Adney, <a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org" class="">jadney@vwtype3.org</a><br class="">Madison, Wisconsin, USA<br class="">*******************************<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><a href="http://VWType3.Org" class="">VWType3.Org</a> mailing list - <a href="mailto:type3@vwtype3.org" class="">type3@vwtype3.org</a><br class="">To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:<br class=""><a href="http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org" class="">http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org</a><br class="">If you need more help, contact: gregm@vwtype3.org<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>