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Re: [T3] Digging out the rear trans seal


<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
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