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I had to remove the generator stand and fan from the '73 Thing ("parts car") I'm working on.
I got the engine to run but various gas leaks in intake manifold rubber boot gaskets and the fuel pump have lead to some basic top side housekeeping.
When I removed the stand, the louvered metal gasket under the stand was facing with the flat part of the "quarter moon" toward the right bank of cylinders, 1 & 2, with the louvers protruding into the oil filler hole in the block. I know the louvers are to point downward into the filler hole.

I have literature which shows the flat portion of the "quarter moon" louvered area of the gasket should face rearward, toward the flywheel.
I'm confused about which is correct, given what I found physically in place and what I have read. The two conflict.
What is the correct position for the gasket under the generator stand?

You want the backside of the louver to face the crankshaft, this way the oil coming off the crank doesn't get thrown up into the generator stand.

Jerry...

Jerry D is right. But understand that as you say" rearward toward the flywheel " is wrong.By convention in VWs front is the front of the car. Everything is "front is forward, back is the rear, left is the drivers side etc. as you stand at the back and view the engine.Sometimes this can be confusing (particularly if you are lying on your back under the car)....but never fail to think this way. One day it could be important.

8 ways it could go over the studs, cut to 4 if the louvers go down (and they do). Now just look, there's only one way that it'll fit without either flattening part of it or blocking off one of the openings. And still people get it wrong

Gentlemen,
I was dressed down several places yesterday for my post "Generator stand louvered gasket?".
Not necessarily for my question about placement of the louvered gasket, but for my description of front and rear.
It's been made very clear to me this is a sensitive issue among VW aficionados.
It was a matter of my terminology.
I've "got it" now....front is front, rear is rear.

I admitted up front when I began posting I am a green novice to VW mechanical work.
I've got three Things I'm currently working one, each with differing problems, and I always have about 147 thoughts going on in my head about the complexities and peculiarities of each vehicle's problems.
I have five manuals and books I am working from and the information as to specific procedures sometimes conflicts, which adds to my confusion about what is proper and acceptable.

The odd thing to me is that at the three sites I posed the question, respondents knew exactly what I meant in terms of direction.
The problem was my jargon.
I apologize for my linguistic frailties.
Front is front, rear is rear. Got it.

Thanks for your help.

ztnoo

lol. Stop frontin' before you get it in the rear.