Re: type3-d Digest V00 #159

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 28 Mar 00, at 21:20, by way of Greg Merritt wrote:

> hey guys, i own a 69 volkswagon fastback and i just put a new moter in it. It
> has an automatic transmission in it, and i have three problems with it.
> 
> 1.  i dont know what is wrong but the starter will not kick over but i can
> hear a clicking coming from the solnoid and the voltage regulator.

You either have a dead battery, a bad transmission ground strap, 
or a bad connection in the battery leads or at the starter. Check 
and clean connections, or find someone who understands 
electricity and has a voltmeter.

> 2.there is a hose coming from the engine side of the automaic transmissin pan
> with som kind of diafram or somthing right before it leaves the tranny. i
> have no clue what this hose does.

It's the vacuum modulator hose. It connects to the underside, right 
side of the intake air distributor.

> 3.where can you get a new gasket and filter(if there is one) for that kind of
> tranny.

The filter is a cleanable, reusable strainer. For a pan gasket try VW 
or a transmission shop.

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054

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