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<x-charset iso-8859-1>http://www.icbm.org/erkson/ttt/transmission.html#custom Just don't throw the automatic away, donate it to someone so it can be rebuilt! Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chip, Jamex suspension, 2.25" MagnaFlow Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ >-----Original Message----- >... my problem is that it's got over >300,000 miles on it, (3rd engine, of course) and I think the torque >convertor has taken all 300,000 of those miles. When the transmission gets >warm the car can't get off the line to save itself. It just bogs down. >Apparently rebuilt torque convertors run around $200. Incidentally, that's >about the same price I've been quoted for a used manual transaxle. The >problem is that my auto square has no clutch tube. I checked. I cried. >There is a ray of hope that comes from the sandrail community. They have an >attachment that bolts to the standard transaxle to act as a slave cylinder >in a hydraulic clutch assembly. Running hydraulic lines and putting that >attachment on the transaxle doesn't seem so hard, but I don't know what I'd >do about the pedal assembly. Am I talking crazy talk? Has anyone >successfully converted their auto to a manual? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>