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URY914
So the correct way is with the VW logo upside down. WHY?
They look the same to me. What am I missing.

(I know your asking yourself, this guy has owned his 914 for 27 years and he doesn't know this? Whatadipshit blink.gif )

drew365
Less wind resistance? biggrin.gif
URY914
I want some of these..

http://www.aircooledtechnology.com/store/p...&cat=258&page=1

Mark Henry
For that price I can get at least 10 sets of stockers powder-coated.

And I don't know if you can still get them...Carbon Joe quit the biz
Demick
QUOTE(URY914 @ Jun 2 2006, 07:35 AM) *

So the correct way is with the VW logo upside down. WHY?



Some people say they are less likely to leak when the logo is upside-down. I think it is an urban legend. Due to warpage, use, and old age, some valve covers might be more likely to leak in one orientation than the other. So if yours are not leaking, keep the same orientation. If they leak, flip them around and see if it is better. But theoretically, they should work the same either way.

Demick
SLITS
'cause the Krauts were drunk when they built them and thought they were Aussies...where everything is upside down.
URY914
QUOTE(SLITS @ Jun 2 2006, 09:48 AM) *

'cause the Krauts were drunk when they built them and thought they were Aussies...where everything is upside down.


When you flush a toilet in Aussyland does it rotate in the other direction?

I'm just full of questions today. biggrin.gif
SLITS
Yes
URY914
QUOTE(SLITS @ Jun 2 2006, 10:03 AM) *

Yes



If you car understeers here will it oversteer down there? idea.gif
SLITS
Yes

And you need to mount roller skates on the Targa Bar and front hood because, as you know, you will be upside down, but your valve covers will display the VW logo correctly and won't leak.
Mark Henry
If your morning log floats here, does it sink down there?
SLITS
Yes, because it is rising to the top.
Mark Henry
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URY914
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Jun 2 2006, 10:17 AM) *

If your morning log floats here, does it sink down there?



I was going to ask that too but I thought I would stay on topic. laugh.gif
Mark Henry
QUOTE(URY914 @ Jun 2 2006, 02:21 PM) *

QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Jun 2 2006, 10:17 AM) *

If your morning log floats here, does it sink down there?



I was going to ask that too but I thought I would stay on topic. laugh.gif


My bad.... biggrin.gif
Stalag14
Sorry to barge in but I'm new here and trying log on to the club store, could you give me a hand?
Mark Henry
The store is down here, but it's up in Aussyland.
URY914
QUOTE(Stalag14 @ Jun 2 2006, 10:31 AM) *

Sorry to barge in but I'm new here and trying log on to the club store, could you give me a hand?



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I think you're trying to change the subject. Good idea laugh.gif
Stalag14
I'm just not witty enough for a come back. So if I was in aussieland I'd be witty enough?
Aaron Cox
so if ron is gay here, is he straight down there?
GWN7
Aussie Haka

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Cap'n Krusty
QUOTE(URY914 @ Jun 2 2006, 11:02 AM) *

QUOTE(SLITS @ Jun 2 2006, 09:48 AM) *

'cause the Krauts were drunk when they built them and thought they were Aussies...where everything is upside down.


When you flush a toilet in Aussyland does it rotate in the other direction?

I'm just full of questions today. biggrin.gif


Actually, a toilet is the wrong thing to cite, because the water is directed by jets, and might not necessarily be anti-cyclonic. Now that the levity is over with, back to the serious discussion! The Cap'n
Stalag14
Maybe I should buy a rusted out tub down there? laugh.gif
SLITS
it would reverse the rusting process. As we all know rust falls to the bottom, so if you are in Aussieland, rust would indeed rise and implant itself back on the metal here....so shipping a rust bucket to Aussieland would give a net result in a rust free tub in the USA.

Only engineers are gay in Aussieland....especially C.E.s 'cause when they're standing up their head rises to their ass.
lapuwali
Back to the original question, I'd think the logo should be right side up, so the oil is held in by the V and the W. If it's upside down, it will just fall out.

Perhaps the reason it works as that the V and the W are actually arrows that need to point up, directing the oil the correct way.
Steve Thacker
You guys are fuching funny. I'm cracking up reading this shit. biggrin.gif

Did anyone get stalag14 squared away?
Aaron Cox
was he on hogans heroes?

wait. that was stalag 13
Stalag14
I'm a prisoner, Or am I in charge of my car? confused24.gif
URY914
"I seeee no-thing"
Steve Thacker
ya the guy was needing in the store,

Someone needs to call Mr. Drucker...no wait that was Petticoat Junction,..shit... no wait Green Acres. piratenanner.gif
Aaron Cox
QUOTE(URY914 @ Jun 2 2006, 12:29 PM) *

"I seeee no-thing"


colonel klink!
Stalag14
Sorry Steve I was just trying to finger out the site.
Steve Thacker
No problem man. I was lost way back when. Shit... I'm still lost. I just stumble into other peoples conversations and help out hijacking them. piratenanner.gif
URY914
Aaron has +13K posts and he is more lost than ever... huh.gif
TROJANMAN
QUOTE(URY914 @ Jun 2 2006, 11:39 AM) *

Aaron has +13K posts and he is more lost than ever... huh.gif

but he's goingt o school for it biggrin.gif
GWN7
Think he will learn it was Sgt. Shultz that used that line?

Colonel Klink's line was "Hoogan!!"
Mark Henry
Zign ze paper old man!
Stalag14
How do you use the store? I know nothing nothing.
Mark Henry
QUOTE(Stalag14 @ Jun 2 2006, 04:07 PM) *

How do you use the store? I know nothing nothing.


It is not working right now. Someday it will return
Stalag14
SO you mean its working in Aussieland. smile.gif
fitsbain
Now you got it!!!
SLITS
Yeh, in Aussieland it works the same way it did here......lots of promo...no product. It's the typical Aussie approach......lots of glitter...no guts.
TROJANMAN
In Australia, if I ask the local 914 club to do 74 PPI's for me, will I actually buy a car?
SLITS
No, Howie has already cornered the market in Aussieland. He sent his lackey he acquired with the 996 and a fist full of dollars to buy them all up. Now, where is Quigley when we need him?
Mark Henry
QUOTE(Stalag14 @ Jun 2 2006, 04:14 PM) *

SO you mean its working in Aussieland. smile.gif


Yep....but everything is up-side down
URY914
Olivia Nuton John would be a man named John Nuton Olivia here. biggrin.gif
SLITS
Newton for the rest of the englightened world.
URY914
QUOTE(SLITS @ Jun 2 2006, 03:40 PM) *

Newton for the rest of the englightened world.


Who said I was enlightened?

BTW I just dropped my engine in 45 minutes by myself. av-943.gif
SLITS
Well, I did stay at an Kangaroo Inn Express......things were really jumping.

If you send the engine to Aussieland, it will install itself when it comes back to the US in less that 30 minutes.
URY914
Yes but it will run backwards. I'll need to send the tranny too, so they will match.
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