Re: [T3] Torque converter question

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@type4.org>]

<x-flowed>
On 27 Jul 2005, at 19:01, Hal Sullivan wrote:

> At 11:33 AM 7/27/05, Daniel Baum wrote:
>
> > I realise I've been a bit remiss here. I should have mentioned  
> > that I know that the TC came out of an automatic VW Bus, and that  
> > the tranny of this but looked exactly like ours. I've no idea what  
> > year it was. It is definitely a VW TC, the question should really  
> > be whether the Bus and the Type 3 used the same one.
>
> I know the early ('73-'75) Bus automatics used the same TC because  
> it's essentially the same
> tranny .. not sure about the '76-later Bus automatics but I think  
> they're the same as well.  The
> flexplate is obviously different, but we're not concerned about the  
> flexplate. :-)

Wouldn't the bus transmissions use a different ring and pinion gear  
set with a different final drive gearing ratio?

jens

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

</x-flowed>