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Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:17 pm

Year, engine size? There wasnt anything like that on mine and I havent seen much like that on a lot of pictures around here. Was it an add-on option for cold weather?

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:20 pm

MoparFreak69 wrote: Year, engine size? There wasnt anything like that on mine and I havent seen much like that on a lot of pictures around here. Was it an add-on option for cold weather?

All years. All engines. All sizes. Factory thermostat. If yours doesn't have it, it should. Necessary to not only aid in engine warm-up on cold days, but the flaps help control the flow of air over the cylinders and heads, aiding in cooling. The flaps are doghouse/non-doghouse fan shroud specific.

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:27 pm

I knew that the aircooled had a thermostat, but was under the assumption it was a cold weather package kinda deal. psst guess what I WAS WRONG! Hey look, I can admit it ;)

Joking aside, summer cruiser, do I need to screw with it?

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:31 pm

MoparFreak69 wrote: I knew that the aircooled had a thermostat, but was under the assumption it was a cold weather package kinda deal. psst guess what I WAS WRONG! Hey look, I can admit it ;)

Joking aside, summer cruiser, do I need to screw with it?

Yellowbeard wrote: the flaps help control the flow of air over the cylinders and heads, aiding in cooling.

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:34 pm

Yellowbeard wrote: MoparFreak69 wrote: Year, engine size? There wasnt anything like that on mine and I havent seen much like that on a lot of pictures around here. Was it an add-on option for cold weather?

All years. All engines. All sizes. Factory thermostat. If yours doesn't have it, it should. Necessary to not only aid in engine warm-up on cold days, but the flaps help control the flow of air over the cylinders and heads, aiding in cooling. The flaps are doghouse/non-doghouse fan shroud specific.

Those are just more of those useless parts VW put on our cars. :roll: Thermostats are for sissies and we should take them out of all cars.

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:36 pm

Viande wrote:

Quit reposting my repost, fucker!

:lol:

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:38 pm

Opps, skimmed that one too quickly huh? Guess thats on the to do list as im trying to get the engine together fairly soon.

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:43 pm

Yellowbeard wrote: Viande wrote:

Quit reposting my repost, fucker!

:lol:

But this is one of my engines. So technically it's a new post. :wink: :lol:

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:44 pm

Got any pics of the parts on the engine so I can see the relationship of everything to each other?

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:49 pm

MoparFreak69 wrote: Got any pics of the parts on the engine so I can see the relationship of everything to each other?

The search button is your friend:

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:51 pm

Eh, searches are for sissies ;)

ITS A JOKE!

Thanks for the pic. Purely speculation but the kickout in the linkage that would be forward of the engine is what makes it specific to doghouse vs non doghouse correct? A non doghouse im guessing will be mostly straight?

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:54 pm

MoparFreak69 wrote: the kickout in the linkage that would be forward of the engine is what makes it specific to doghouse vs non doghouse correct? A non doghouse im guessing will be mostly straight?

No. Doghouse fan shrouds are thicker than non-doghouse shrouds. So...the flaps are different. As is the fan itself, which I mentioned earlier.

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:56 pm

Sorry to se some getting bent out of shape on other peoples opinions.
I just wish when I had a bug (58)in 59 that I had known more about it and had a resource like SAMBA to go to, I would not have burned a valve and would have known how to do a complete tune up myself and not have to take it to a garage to have it repaired.
Thanks for all the good info here.
I just bought a 69 and my wife says I am restoring it but I just call it making it road worthy.
Thanks guys!!! :lol:

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:56 pm

So I gotta ask, how many times did this situation fuck with you on an engine build before you put 2 and 2 together?

Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:57 pm

MoparFreak69 wrote: So I gotta ask, how many times did this situation fuck with you on an engine build before you put 2 and 2 together?

What situation?

Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:00 pm

Damn cooler housing wont fit, what the hell is wrong with it?

Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:05 pm

MoparFreak69 wrote: Damn cooler housing wont fit, what the hell is wrong with it?

Trying to put a doghouse cooler on non-doghouse cylinder tin? Maybe trying to fit a non-doghouse shroud over a doghouse?

Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:06 pm

So are you saying that all your life you have always known about the 2 different types of housings and have never confused the 2 or tried to mix them up?

Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:08 pm

MoparFreak69 wrote: So are you saying that all your life you have always known about the 2 different types of housings and have never confused the 2 or tried to mix them up?

Correct. When you see the two up close, you'll know what I mean. It's not a subtle difference.

Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:09 pm

Im sure I will, but as you already know I have 1 of 1 type so I have nothing to compare it to. The car had it on, obviously the car ran and still could so I had no reason to doubt any of the equipment that was on it.