ummm... oops... it's the tranny...

[Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>]

	So much for my 90 second test of the car in the parking lot day
before yesterday... (and not listening carefully enough to my wife's
description of the symptoms...)

	...it's the tranny, not the throwout bearing or pressure plate or
whatever.


When parked, gearshift in neutral:

	Clutch pedal pushed = everything *quiet*
	No pedals pushed = terrible noises

Driving:

	Not particularly noisy when accelerating
	Noisy as heck when slowing down (clutch pedal pressed or not)


	So, if the input shaft is turning, it makes a terrible noise.  Time
for the spare tranny...

	...it's out of a '74 Beetle.  Laura Halliday (an old-time lister,
not "around" any more) successfully did a similar swap into a Type III;
apparently by swapping front mount bits it works just fine.  (Anyone care
to independently confirm this?)

	Fun, fun...

-Greg
'69 & '71 Squarebacks
'63 Beetle