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On 17 May 99, at 8:52, King, Robert wrote: > My wife has a 70 notch its a twin carb 1600 auto (vroooom....) > Last weekend I had the opportunity to pick up an accident damaged > 73 fastback with a honking great engine (one year old) and manual > trans. The plan is to put the 1835 in the notch (I'm > the vintage pervert and she's the rev head)..... In my opinion ANY rebuilt engine is subject to suspicion. Rebuilt hopped up engines are even more likely to be bad rebuilds because the people doing them are more likely to be distracted by all the new goodies that they are putting in there rather than considering all the subtleties Úßö a good durable rebuild. > I'm a bit concerned about the motor working smoothly > with the auto, and Chris would prefer a manual for > 'increased' driveability.. > > What's involved with a change from auto to manual? > Anybody done one? I'd guess pedal cluster, shift > etc, but what about clutch cable? Yes the clutch cable tube is the show stopper. I hear that some AT cars came with this installed anyway, but none of the ATs that I have seen had this. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org