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Steve, See end of message for reply............ On Wed, 4 Feb 1998 09:37:05 -0800 (PST) Steven Ayres <comwest@well.com> writes: > >Boyd Drew (from a private message)=> >=> Im now building my first type 3, but in all the early bugs i have >had, >=> and even my 71 and 72 super beetles, I have always seen heavy >(gear) oil >=> in the steering box. I think that someone at some point probably >=> thought that grease would be better, but why question VW? If they >=> used oil, ill stick to oil.. >=> >=> my 2 cents > >Interesting! To follow up, did those steering boxes have plastic >freeze >plugs or screw plugs? And which type box is on your current T3? > >The (Aussie) Scientific Publications T3 manual (which Kevin is >graciously supplying copies of) advises gear oil though '63 and grease > >starting in '64. John Muir says that '65 and earlier boxes (all types) > >take gear oil, and nothing about later ones. Anybody else? Could >someone >check a Bentley manual for me? > >Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ > Steven, Bentely advises to fill the gearbox with 5.4 oz. of transmission oil. Fit new plastic plugs in the cover. Tom '68 FB (Thumper) _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]