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<x-charset iso-8859-1>what if you had a type 3 with automatic transmission, but had a type 1 manual tranny engine....how hard and what would you have to do to put the manual type 1 engine in the automatic tranny type 3? Well, to just swap the manual engine to a auto tranny car, you would first remove the flywheel, cover the crank hole with toilet paper (yeah I know ) then Grind that notch hole, that we were talking about, then clean it up , place the right amount of shims for the correct thrust clearance between the crank, flexplate and case as per the VW specs and finally install the flexplate with the correct, I repeat, with the correct glandnut or you will be very very sorry as I was. I have gone thru 3 cracked flexplates and two cracked torque converters because of this, not much fun pulling your engine in and out very often. One incident was at the Disneyland parking lot, lots of blue smoke and puddles, not to mention a case of tranny oil to get home to San Diego. Do not get! and I repeat Do not get auto stick glandnuts I used them twice thinking the flexplate was defective and after 5000 miles pieces of plate was clanking about with a broken rod sound. These glandnuts have the hole way to big and are too shallow. My other self infliction was using those thick performance nuts, again more noise, puddles and a cracked converter. Use a standard manual gland nut without the bearing (take the bearing out) or use the right auto tranny glandnut that looks just like the stock manual one without the bearing, do not get the one that is thin with a tapered hole. If you are not sure about your gland nut, make sure that it fits snug , not really loose (sloppy) or not to tight (may need micro filing) , over the little coverter shaft that sticks out of the engine side. The gland nut must not be so thick that the flexplate does not meet the torque converter when you bolt it to the engine (bolt the converter to the engine as a test assemble to make sure everything is right and not fall apart later). Place washers below the converter bolts (not between converter and flexplate) to spread the tension or you may crack the flexplate. This is comming from a paranoid seasond veteran of many mishaps. Right parts, good proceedures and careful work will give reliablity. Another note; replace tranny fluid every 6 mo to a year and place some small speaker magnets in the oil pan . Also replace your gl-5 in your diff every couple of years and your tranny should last another 30 years as mine is (knock on wood ) . LEON MARTINEZ 1969 SQUAREBACK EFI/AUTO SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe </x-charset>