Use some sta-bil fuel stabilizer along with some sea foam per directions and you'll be surprised at how well it runs. Not to mention unclogging your fuel system. Change the fuel filter also. Otherwise, good luck on the bug's.
You've got the slot in that tin wrong, it's at an angle. Use your thermostat to determine it's location. No, the French do not make good bicycles unless you live in France, everything on them is made with "French" threads. The threaded fasteners pedal etc. are not metric and they're not SAE. Take it from someone who owned one. You do need to get a ground on that generator.
If the block is drilled out for a dipstick then it didn't start life as a type 3. The cover blank on the back of the block with the 4 fasteners is where the dipstick tube for the type 3 bolts on after the cover blank is removed. I worked at a VW dealership as a parts man, and all the blocks have the cover blank, but not all the blocks are drilled for the short dipstick. That's how you tell if the block is a type 3. No drilled out dipstick hole in the top of the block. Reminder: Volkswagen had a nasty little habit of switching parts mid- year, so just because the VIN says that your part is correct, keep your old parts until you get the replacement.
@@socialisttrafficregulator2015 Thank you for your input. I’m still wondering about that oil sending unit placement on the top of the block, and not the side.
@@OkFixer the dipstick tube by itself means it's a type 1 engine. Type 1 engine has the switch by the distributor, as do the microbus/transporter. Type 3 has it on top of the block. Either someone drilled out the case on a type 3 or you have case halves from two different engines. We refer to those as "abortions", and I had one. I bought a microbus that had an engine put together by a VW dealership mechanic out of crunked engines. I sincerely doubt that was a factory error in your engine.
