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<x-charset iso-8859-1>To install this seal I used a vacuum cleaner extension pipe, as this has the advantage of being plastic. There are certain disadvantages though, like getting caught by the wife or mother! ----- Original Message ----- From: Russ Wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 3:20 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Digging out the rear trans seal > On Monday 05 November 2001 20:40, Jim Adney wrote: > > On 5 Nov 2001, at 14:26, shackedup wrote: > The proper installation tool is a piece of pipe that > > is just the right diameter and finished flat and smooth on the end. > > > Just a point. I am pretty cheap at times. I use the tubular portion of an old > T-1 front torsion arm as an installation tool. It is exactly the right > diameter, and length. I cut the diagonal portion off with a torch. > As for a removal tool, It is home made too. It is half of a 3rd/4th shifter > fork, with a piece of jack handle welded to it. > Just to say, you don't have to have all the expensive tools, just make do > with what is available and a little shade tree engineering. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '71 Fastback AT > '66 Fastback MT (IT RUNS) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe > > </x-charset>