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Well Volks, after nine long, agonizing months of being with out my baby I'm FINALLY back on the road; the five-speed tranny is GREAT! Two solid weekends of measuring, fitting, tweaking and trouble shooting has finally paid off. For Jim's sake, here's the scoop: Gene Berg Ent. five-speed kit mated to a high-performance Harold Carter built gearbox resting on *custom frame horns*. The Berg shifter really has a short throw (but no spring-loaded side gate, rats!) and shifting is positive -- still a little "chuncky" but getting a little more smoother with use. And yes, I'm using Castrol synthetic oil (75w-90) as Mr. Carter recommended. The tranny, like my Porsche's (stock) five-speed, has a case breather. Experience learned: My baby had been sitting, without oil, for a month or so, thus the whole oil system was empty. Well, cranking the engine over to get oil pressure proved unsuccessful (and yes, we pre-filled the filter!). What ended up happening is we filled the oil line from the pump with oil. A single crank showed a bubble up the line so we reconnected the line and filter. Cranked over a few more seconds and, boom!, we have oil pressure, wa-hoo! So, for you full flow guys and gals, if your engine has been sitting for some time you may want to prime the pump (via filling the oil line that comes from the pump cover) to help get things moving. Tools that made the job easier: Remember the thread about the nut being dropped in the case and what to use to get it out? I recommended that one tool that is flexible and has a grabber at the end. Well, that tool, an inspection mirror and a mini-Mag flashlight were my lifesaving tools Sunday afternoon as we lost one of the rubber shift couplings down in the shift tunnel! After that extraction I think I qualify for surgeon internship at the local hospital :) It's really weird to finally be back in her and, even though I've only logged less than an hour drive time in her (finished at 4pm on Sunday) I've received many looks. And it sure is weird shifting into *fifth*! I've spent most of my time in third or fourth, hitting fifth only on longer stretches of road, like the highway. Now it's time for me to talk with Clyde Berg, give my critique and give him the plans and pictures for the Type III tranny mount. Toby "orgasmicaly happy" Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/