On Wed, 5 Apr 1995, Dave Kautz wrote:

>   Could this be a result of a line bore done off center creating an incorrect
>   <like overtight> mesh between the timing gears?

Entirely possible.  

> 
>   Another possibility: I've been reading "How to Rebuild your Air-cooled VW
>   Engine" since my engine is in pieces in the garage and there is some 
>   discussion of potential parts mis-matches between cams < 3 rivet and 
>   4 rivet>, oil pumps <different gear widths> and cases <different sizes of
>   oil galleries and studs  Would you like me to xerox that section
>   send it to you so you can check it against the parts that you have <had?>?

This is the book I used (a very good one, IMHO).  I'm sure I had all the
right components.  I did not do some of the measurements outlined in that
book, however (like checking for correct line bore, and checking for crank
runout).  In retrospect, I should have obtained the tools to do so, or sent
the parts out and had it done.  I think if I'd of stayed true to the book,
I might still be waiting for parts and/or machining, but it wouldn't have
conked out after I got it back together!

Dave
'71 Westfalia & SB