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On 20 Aug 2005 at 19:45, Daniel Baum wrote: > To fix the groove in the driveplate hub, I used a "Speedi Sleeve", as > recommended by Jim. They come in a huge number of sizes, and you basically > just knock them on with a hammer. The final result is very impressive. > End result: > > http://www.type34.info/album/Engine%20Work%20August%202005/slides/20%20-%20Speedi%20Sleeve%20installed.jpg > > http://www.type34.info/album/Engine%20Work%20August%202005/slides/21%20-%20Speedi%20Sleeve%20installed%202.jpg Did the sleeve go on easily? Was there any trouble or was it easy? I've never used one, so I'd really like to know how heart-stopping this might be. > This is our home made driveplate lock. > > http://www.type34.info/album/Engine%20Work%20August%202005/slides/22%20-%20Drive%20plate%20lock.jpg I REALLY like your lock. Could you have turned the drive plate 60 deg and engaged 2 holes in it? > We started the engine, and gradually topped up the tranny following Russ's > instructions. I think we ran it all together for about 10 minutes, and put > in approx 2.5 litres of ATF. We didn't have time to actually go for a drive. > that will have to wait a few days as I will be out of town now till Tuesday > evening. Did you check the final drive gear oil level? Perhaps you did that earlier, but it's always a good idea to watch it, especially with an old car like this where you don't know how much it might leak. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~