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On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 04:22, Daniel Baum wrote: > > As for the pan gasket, is there anything I need to know about changing it? I > noticed that in the books the ATF drain plug is shown as being at the side > of the tranny, whereas mine is at the rear. Did someone put it on the wrong > way or were some like this? Should I coat the pan gasket with anything > before installing it? Make sure the surface of the pan is flat, with no bumps or lumps. They have a tendence to get over tightened and distorted. If you have a cork gasket, don't use any sealer. If the gasket is shrunk, so the holes don't line up, soak it in warm water. If it is a paper gasket, use a little Aviation Permatex to seal it. The paper gaskets dont have the compressibility <sp> of the cork ones. I can't over stress it enough, Don't over tighten the bolts. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~