RE: Shims for '84 Quattro UR

["I.Mannix" <mannix@privatei.com>]

Assuming the engine in question will use the same shims as a Rabbit(A1 Golf
in Europe), there are sub-3.0 shims available.  The thinnest I have seen is
2.85(2.80??), thinnest I can get is 2.90 from Virtual World Parts -
http://www.parts4vws.com - I do not believe they are listed on his(Mike
Potter's) site, but if you email/call him, he has gotten 2.90s for me in
the past.


FWIW!

Iain Mannix



At 3:25 PM +0100 12/22/99, Iain Atkinson (ETL) wrote:
>Family pictures also confirms  that the thinnest is 3.00, this is for a
>Golf and will fit the WR engine, thanks for your help.
>
>Iain
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Jerry Croucher [mailto:croucher@eos.net]
>Sent:	22 December 1999 14:19
>To:	Iain Atkinson (ETL)
>Cc:	'quattro@audifans.com'
>Subject:	Re: Shims for '84 Quattro UR
>
>Iain,
>
>Any good parts place should have what you need, this is
>assuming that the shims are the same as the ones used in
>4 cyl VW's.  I checked my box of spares & used shims
>and 3.0 was the smallest I have.  BTW in the box was a
>genuine VW/Audi shim at 3.1 that came out of my 1980
>4000 (1.6 liter 4 cyl)
>
>Jerry
>
>"Iain Atkinson (ETL)" wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Does anyone know of another source for shims for this engine, family
>>pictures say 3.3 is the thinnest, and a friend of mine needs to go
>>thinner than this. I seem to remember a while back this year someone
>>saying that Fiat shims work??? Either reply here or at home @
>>iain.atkinson@tesco.net <mailto:iain.atkinson@tesco.net>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Iain