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To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] Transaxle boots This is pretty funny. I just replaced the boots on my swing axle '63 Beetle. I had the engine out and the car up on jackstands when I, too, read that the boots needed to be installed with the suspension in the loaded position. "Oh, o.k.," I thought, so I put the rear wheels on, put the car back on the ground, rolled it out of the garage into the sunshine and installed the boots. I guess I read the "loaded position" as "don't have the car jacked up" rather than "don't have the car jacked up, and match the stock unladen weight." I wonder if the variation is significant when installing the boots? They seemed to go on o.k., and don't appear to be leaking after about 10 miles of driving. Why not just have a friend or two sit in the back of the car? The engine's only a couple of hundred pounds... Greg: Have your buddies sit on the bumper, while you stick the head of 17mm bolt in the spring plate. I usually use my 17mm allen socket that I use for the drain plugs. Just be sure to take it out before driving the car. Russ Wolfe Mahle-Parr Filter Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org