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The reason the trannies are dying is mostly because they are old! As for working on them you're best bet is to ship it out to a professional air-cooled VW tranny builder. Get some VW magazines, check out the ads, and call around. No idea about a tranny cooler...good idea, though, but where would one stick the cooler? Some more bad aspect of the single carbs sticking through the engine cover, aside from the obvious loss of cargo volume: Carb encased (like yours)- All intake air is heated. Reduces gas mileage and can be the source of a rich condition. Once the engine is in its operating temp you want cool intake air. On bigger engines (ones that suck more cfm) or on setups that have the covering too close to the carb/air cleaner it can be a source of reduced performance by suffocation, that is, too much air restriction to get the proper volume of air to the filter. Carb not encased- Potential for exhaust and other nasty fumes to enter cabin through the hole where the carb pokes out. Increased noise levels. Excess engine heat can enter cabin (not good in the summer :) Granted, some of these possibilities can occur but not be noticeable because the negative effects are so small, even negligible. They become more of a factor for performance engines used as daily drivers. Oh yeah, welcome to the gang. When are you gonna have pictures for us to see it? Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/ >-----Original Message----- >I have been trying >to find a place to rebuild the other tranny for a spare but am having >a tough time finding any one that wants to work on this thing. Any >ideas? > Also, I note that there are a number of Type III's around this >state down because of tranny woes. I would suspect maybe over heating >problems in this climate. Is there any way to hook in a tranny >cooler? > Lastly, I have noted quite a bit of discussion of converting >to a single carb. setup, [mostly cons!]. This car was already set up >that way when I got it, with the carb sticking up into the >luggage compartment.