Hi Danny,

Please add my Variant to the list.

Thanks
David Barr

I have re tested the cylinders using a proper tester not the Mickey Mouse one I purchased and all is well, with readings now around 140/150psi, one at 120. So crisis over.

Thanks to all who offered advice.

I still need to find out why it's not running properly but relieved it's not mechanical.

Hi,

Just done a compression test on each of the cylinders on my sick Variant:

Cyl 1 45 psi
2 40 psi
3 47 psi
4 46 psi

These seem rather low, would appreciate some comment.

Thanks

Thanks for the information. In the end because the bearing ran smoothly I decided to repack the bearing with grease and put it back. I've got a problem now with the starter motor so my attention has shifted to sorting this out.

Thanks again

Thanks for the reply Dave. I did have an extended phone call with VW Heritage about the the subject. However, they could not confirm, despite trawling through old microfiche documents etc, that the bearing for the 71 on Beetle was suitable for my 72 Variant. I have established that the bearing size ...

I need to replace the steering column bearing on my 72 Type 3 Variant. I have replaced the corrugated metal bush but there is still too much play.

Is the only one that I can find for the Beetle and Karmann Ghia 71 on suitable?

Include me on the list please - David Barr (deaceabea) 72 Square

Hi Danny, I've just had a belated PM from George Wright responding to a my suggestion that it would be good to show our Gentian Blue Type 3's at Stanford Hall. He is very much up for it so I asked him to contact you to book a place on the stand. Hopefully he will do this in the next few days or you ...

Hi,

Could you include me on the list.

Thanks,

David - (deaceabea)

Hi,

I have some new 28mm i/d paper/corrugated hose if it is of any interest. I got it specially made in Germany for my Type 3.

David