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On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 14:11, John Benedetto wrote: > --On Wednesday, May 12, 2004 9:44 AM -0500 Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> > wrote: > > > On 12 May 2004 at 7:28, Greg Merritt wrote: > > > >> At 7:29 PM -0500 5/11/04, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > >> > And, they are the same as a T-1. > > > >> You can try to score a used Beetle transmission (of the right > >> year) and just throw that bad boy in. > > > > The reverse gear itself is the same, but type 1 and type 3 transmissions > > have different gear ratios. It should not be hard to find a proper type > > 3 transmission, and that is a much better option. I have several good > > used type 3 trannys here. Nope, T-1 and T-3 trannies have the same ratios. It is only the Type 14 that got the different ratio. It is the one that they refer to as the freeway flyer trans. I am uploading a scan of the gear ratio page from the "Without Guesswork" book right now. http://classicvw.org/gallery/my_misc/ -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org