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On 13 Jul 2001, at 0:39, Dave Hall wrote: > The Factory manual bears this out, as it specifies "Liquid > transmission grease" for the steering gear from Aug '65. This is not > the same as "Lithium grease" (front wheel bearings and axle), > "Universal grease" (door and hood locks), or "Hypoid oil" > (transmission). Yeah, I see this in lots of manuals, but I have yet to see any spec for what "Liquid transmission grease" is. It does not appear in any lubricant catalog I have ever seen. I suspect that it is just a rather thin grease. > Guess what, in the specification pages at the back of this manual > (Section T-1, p.9) it mentions the flat-crown piston 1500 twin carb > engine. This has an aluminium plate with the wording "M249 90 - > OKTAN" fixed to the 2 front screws of the breather mounting. There's > a picture too. So we ended up working it out right! But do they call it a 1500S? - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org