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Tcash
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Malokin Martin
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| I use a thin prybar to apply inward pressure on the cover and outward pressure on the bale and try to minimize any upward (or downward) pressure on the cover which might cause it to move.. |
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Try a "brake adjustment" tool. They're like $2.00 and well worth it. Anyone who is a DIY VW guy should own one. Keeps the cover straight as an arrow with no more busted knuckles.
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James Dwan
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Location: Tejas
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I think I'll order some of these and compare to the ones I am getting locally. I have been getting them from the same FLAPS since the last century but who knows if the quality has degraded. I tried to buy the orange turn signal covers and noticed that one was darker than the other.
They ordered more and they were exactly like the first ones. Evidently one company makes one side and another company makes the other side. They couldn't find another source.
As of today it is not leaking but it took a month of daily driving to leak last time so we'll see.
Thanks for all the replies 
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Wildthings
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| Malokin Martin wrote: |
| Wildthings wrote: |
| I use a thin prybar to apply inward pressure on the cover and outward pressure on the bale and try to minimize any upward (or downward) pressure on the cover which might cause it to move.. |
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Try a "brake adjustment" tool. They're like $2.00 and well worth it. Anyone who is a DIY VW guy should own one. Keeps the cover straight as an arrow with no more busted knuckles. |
I like something flat and straight for starting the bales on. Hard to put any force against the cover except straight in if the chosen tool has no bend in it. I have some fairly thin open end wrenches that work well for this. |
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busdaddy
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Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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| Wildthings wrote: |
| Malokin Martin wrote: |
| Wildthings wrote: |
| I use a thin prybar to apply inward pressure on the cover and outward pressure on the bale and try to minimize any upward (or downward) pressure on the cover which might cause it to move.. |
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Try a "brake adjustment" tool. They're like $2.00 and well worth it. Anyone who is a DIY VW guy should own one. Keeps the cover straight as an arrow with no more busted knuckles. |
I like something flat and straight for starting the bales on. Hard to put any force against the cover except straight in if the chosen tool has no bend in it. I have some fairly thin open end wrenches that work well for this. |
I thread a shop rag through the bale and pull outwards for removal as well as installation.
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thewalrus
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I had the EXACT same issue with mine and after trying every trick on Samba this was the only thing that worked:
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories/Fluid...c/_/N-25b1
Many months (Maybe even over a year) later there hasn't been a single leak. Be careful when you open the glue bottle though. That stuff smells horrible 
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Tcash
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I thread a shop rag through the bale and pull outwards for removal as well as installation.
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jtauxe 
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| ... the cover goes on with the logo upside down... |
It makes no sense to me that VW would design the thing to have their logo upside down. Quite the opposite, actually.
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| ... use the wife's sewing thread to stitch the gasket to the cover... |
I had to laugh at this. As if "the wife" owns the thread or even actually does the sewing in the house. Why is it that people assume that sewing and other fabric arts are a woman's business anymore?
Anyway... carry on...
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Wildthings
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| ... the cover goes on with the logo upside down... |
It makes no sense to me that VW would design the thing to have their logo upside down. Quite the opposite, actually. |
I bought two NOS Type 4 engines a few years ago. All four valve covers had the logos upside down. For myself I had independently decided years earlier that this was the proper way to install them. |
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Tom Powell
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| jtauxe wrote: |
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| ... the cover goes on with the logo upside down... |
It makes no sense to me that VW would design the thing to have their logo upside down. Quite the opposite, actually. |
I bought two NOS Type 4 engines a few years ago. All four valve covers had the logos upside down. For myself I had independently decided years earlier that this was the proper way to install them. |
If you look at the engine from the top they are correct.
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