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Early is 070 part, late is 025...

Late is stronger with extra webs and has lugs exhaust brackets, otherwise interchangeable.

My comment was abbreviated, I didn't think it was necessary to spell out the whys and wherefores but yes, its all about preventing damage to the catalyst which do not tolerate high levels of ZDDP, which is an effective anti-scuff agent in these type of engjnes. Although any wbx engine without a scru...

Recent purchase, unfamiliar with old VWs? Are both oil pressure switches connected? If the high pressure one for the DOPWS (buzzer of doom, use the search) has been disconnected to mask low oil pressure, it could explain a partial seize up on a long-ish run in the hot weather. Or did it overheat? Lo...

Wbx engines without a catalyst must have oil with a high ZDDP content to prevent cam wear.
Classic Oils "Hot hatch" 10W40 is good for healthy or fresh rebuilt engines.

Thats an alternative engine type of enquiry.

DJ dissy has spark advance and retard, you don't have provision for the latter with the carb manifold so use the DG dissy. Oil interwarmer is doable, use the 2.1 type coolant pump which has a coolant connection and tee the other end in near the thermostat housing using the 2.1 rigid pipe. Should do ...

The syncro variant of the 094 transmission uses a 4-speed derived gear linkage.
The 5-speed 2wd uses a different gear selector arrangement at the gear lever end.

My opinion is biased as I make the premium tip repair kit for BW. The originals were a molded hard nylon type material that was formed directly onto the shift rod, impossible to replicate so I chose to go with a hard engineering polymer that will successfully bond with epoxy and a soft alloy rivet p...

" existing halogen headlamp units...must not be converted " The inference being that because the light source focal point has been changed (optimised for filament, LED etc possibly being different), it can adversely affect the light pattern. A complete teated luminaire optimised for the LE...

You need to use a photo hosting site to generate forum pic links because imgur got all hissy about the UK data protection laws or something.

Later South African build T3s have a hole in the middle of the x-pressing panel at the bottom of the vent duct. They recognised it as a problem and fixed it.

You can buy a lot of speedo cables for the price of a GPS widget. Why try to reinvent the wheel? Is there an installation fault? The cables should have a P clip to secure them to the front underframe iirc I just couldn't stop my speedo clicking loudly and the needle jumping all the time. I drove me...

You can buy a lot of speedo cables for the price of a GPS widget. Why try to reinvent the wheel?
Is there an installation fault? The cables should have a P clip to secure them to the front underframe iirc

Thanks for the samba link, the layered foam approach with appropriate cutouts looks good. But is is fire retardent? Although if you have an engine fire anyway its almost irrelevant!