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On 19 Apr 2004 at 9:07, Aaron Clow wrote: > What a pain... I found out that the old screen that > was in my transmission was torn, and then when I went > to put in the new one I discovered why it had been > torn -- the hole in the screen the screw goes through > wasn't large enough, so it looked like someone just > removed the threading and put the screen in, defeating > the whole purpose of the screen. > > I ended up doing the same thing, but in place of the > threading I put two washers, one large & one small, > which seemed to hold the screen tightly against the > metal frame of the filter. > > Has anyone else run into this and do you think this > will do the trick? When you say "threading" do you mean that little brass grommet which is crimped into the screen for the screw to pass thru? I would think that your solution is probably fine, but I suspect that someone has stripped out the original screw and replaced it with something bigger, creating this problem. A repair with a Heli-coil and the original size screw would be more satisfying in the long run, but your AT probably will probably never know the difference. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org