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<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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-charset>