[T3] Intro, two questions and a want.

[Kevin <dogmeat@blazenet.net>]

Hi folks, I'm Kevin in York County PA.  After years of Bugs and Busses,
I have fallen in love with III's.  Gretchen is a '69 Squareback
automatic with 60K miles, well taken care of, painted and patched in
1980, very nice but neglected for a couple years.  Carbs were already on
her.  I removed the electric fuel pump and put on a mechanical.  She has
been in the garage on stands since before the first snow (salt).  I have
very thoroughly gone over the front end (underside) with diggers,
scrapers and phosphoric acid.  There was a repair already over the fuel
filler.  I made a repair under the brake fluid reservoir and added crud
shields in front of the heater channels.  No floor holes was very cool. 
I pulled the rear fenders and cleaned everything in there.  There was a
patch at the rear of the driver side heater channel.  I cut that off and
blew all the crap out and Extend in.  The passenger side is intact so I
think I'll just blow oil or acid in without cutting.  I'm finishing up
some patching around the middle seam of the rear wheelwells.

One more thing I'd like to take care of while in the garage is a leaky
transmission where the driveshaft goes in.  Digging through a pile of
scattrered tranny kits at a local shop, I found two seals.  Can anyone
confirm that one or none of these is the seal I need for this automatic
before I tear into it?

018 409 399	approx 60mm od. 44mm id.
089 409 529A	approx 54mm od. 36mm id.

Something else I've been thinking about is hooking up a temp. gauge to
the sensor that's left over from the fuel injection.  I have a VDO
100-600 gauge that came from a junkyard water pumper.  It has two wires
for the sensor while the existing sensor has one.  I haven't played with
them with power yet.  Has anyone done this or have any insights?

Also, I'd like to find decent windshield chrome for Gretchen.  It was
gone when I found her.

Also, Kubels to Keith Park for the rustslowing FAQ.  The hours ¾Œd
will add years to many VW's.

Thanks.
Kevin
various Bugs '67 to '73
'65 and '69 sheds
'69 Square
dead motherboard battery 1-1-94 is a long day

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