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On 20 May 2005, at 23:26, Russ Wolfe wrote: > On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 23:21, Jim Adney wrote: > > On 20 May 2005, at 9:49, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > The actual torque converter seems to be quite dry. Hopefully this > > > means it's not cracked. > > > > If the TC seal were the culprit, I'd expect the TC to be soaked. > > The torque converts have a tendency to throw off the oil under > centrifugal force. They usually are dry. I doubt if it is the > converter tho. I agree that the centrifugal force would throw off any excess, but I'd still expect the surface to not be dry. I could imagine, however, that it might be impossible to tell the difference between a totally dry TC and one with a thin clean oil film on it. - Jim Adney Madison, WI USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~