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More transmission questions that may be related to hot weather, but I doubt it.... 1) The guy who was having racing problems in heat that calmed down when he pushed the clutch. Its funny, but when I was having oil light problems back when, the light would come up if I was in neutral, usually at idle. If I pushed in the clutch, the oil light would go back out (for a while - it couldnt sustain this for a duration of more than 5 minutes though, and sometimes in NYC there just isnt a place to pull over, or not a secure place, at least). Hmmmmm.... 2) Lately I've been having a hard time getting the car into first. Esp in hot weather. Especially when carrying some weight. No mattter what I do the car shakes into first.˜I+É lem with the rest of the gears. This started up mildly two weekends ago, but was noticeably worse on Sunday (another 100 degree day here). After some research, I noticed about 1.5" of clutch pedal freeplay and reined it in, and while the problem is somewhat less, its hard to tell because I wasnt operating under a similar load (another passenger and a full tank of gas) like I was the day before. Muir says I probably have a distorted flywheel, but do these things get worse? Wouldnt I have had this problem before? Bentley has no transmission troubleshooting tips. 3) When they say clutch freeplay, do they mean if I push the pedal until I get real resistance,that is until the lever is actually pulled (in my 72 Sqbk the clutch has an extremely tactile quality)? I'm a little confused about this because whn I push the pedal by hand it the freeplay feels much free-er than if I do it by foot. Or do they mean the freeplay should feel completely loose The way I have it now, By foot it feels like no freeplay, but by hand I can push it with little effort 1/2" until I get to the point of real resistance. 4) Hey, how do we feel in general about that clothespin technique for vapor lock? Any suggested places on the fuel line to put these clothespins? Is this really a feasible method? Clothespin it and drive this way? Or only clothespin it when parked? Finally, any new New York City folk to the list who have a reliable-ish repair guy who does transmissions? Is the tranmission same as a beetle? I know a few beetle guys but no T3 guys.. -Mike 72 Sqbk, 1600, dual Weber ICT 34s Brooklyn ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe