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On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 12:22, Daniel Baum wrote: > I took a closer look at the tranny leaks today. Again I couldn't get it to > leak, no matter what I did. > > I took off the governor cover and the o-ring appears to be MISSING. It is in a groove in the differential housing, not in the cover. It is just a plain oring. No groove, no nothing. > > Anyway, in the gasket set there appear to be two that are approx the right > size; one is a simple o-ring, and one is grooved. Which one is the right one > and how is it supposed to go? > > I tried to remove the governor to see if it looks like it needs cleaning. I > couldn't get it out. Bentley just says "pull it out" I assume there is more > to it than this, or should I just pull harder? Don't pull the govenor!!!! There is a little drive pinion like the square on the end of a speedo cable. If this comes loose, it will fall into the differential, and then you are in deep do-do. > > I also goofed and inadvertently put the tranny in park while on the stands > after it had been in gear - just for a second. It made loud protest. I know > exactly why this happened, but is there any chance I damaged something? > > No biggy. the tranny was designed to protect itself against this. The park pawl is spring loaded, and just ratchets. I have seen them put into park at 25 mph, and they just make a horrendous <sp> racket. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~