Re: [T3] engine swap...

[Russ Wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>On Thursday 17 January 2002 08:28, Jim Adney wrote:

>
> Sounds to me like you were faced with an MT engine that had previously
> been swapped in by someone who didn't know to make this mod to the case
> first. Yes, I imagine that it COULD be done, but like you say, it would be
> a royal PITA.
>
> I've modified an MT engine in the past in order to do this, and you really
> don't need to remove as much material as the factory did, but it sure helps
> to be able to use a normal wrench in there.  ;-)
>
My '69 SQBK AT parts car was an automatic with an MT engine in it. And it had 
NOT had the engine case modified. It was a PITA getting the torque converter 
loose, but it was do-able.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 Fastback AT
'66 Fastback MT (IT RUNS)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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