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<x-charset iso-8859-1>On Friday 25 January 2002 17:28, Charles Navarro wrote: > I have been looking around and talking to different people, and I seem > to be getting lots of crossed stories. Some people say that it is > really, really strong and just when I think that I will be ok pairing it > up with a 914 2.0, then I hear the opposite- that the clutch bands are > really weak. So what's the scoop? Who here has paired a larger motor > with the automatic? Also, has anyone ever heard of a taller final drive > on the 003 than what the automatic type 3's had? Are there any things > that people have done to mod the tranny? I know that it has been asked > before where I could go around to get the tranny rebuilt, but I cant > find the email? I have contacted rancho, aatransaxle, and some place in > las vegas that claimed to know how to rebuild these-although when I > asked they had no clue what I was talking about. Whatever help you can > give, I would greatly appreciate it! > I have rebuilt quite a few 003 transmissions over the past 35 years. They are a very strong transmission, and cheaper to rebuild than some modern computer controlled trannies. The guts are basically still used in the current VW/Audi transmissions. As for a shop to rebuild one, IIRC you are in Illinois. There is a shop here in central Iowa, that has been rebuilding them for over 30 years. It is Mitchell Transmission 1440 Locust St. Des Moines, Ia 515-283-2446 Ask for Jim Parker. He is their VW specialist. Let him know what you are doing with it, and I am pretty sure he can beef it up for you. -- Russ Wolfe '71 Fastback AT '66 Fastback MT (IT DRIVES) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-charset>