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On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 10:16, Jim Adney wrote: > On 3 Jul 2003 at 6:43, Greg Merritt wrote: > > > At 6:59 AM -0400 7/3/03, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > > > > > >I have pulled an engine on a '65 bus and a '71 bus. so I have some > > >experience...but the T3 setup w/fuel injection looks quite different. > > > > Kevin, I'm sure you've caught on to this, but just to be on > > the safe side... This pull will be more like the '71 bus than the > > '65, since your squareback doesn't have a frame horn for the tranny. > > So, you'll have to support the transmission independently when you > > remove the engine. > > The 71 bus still has the type 1 engine, so it also has the frame horns that > support the rear of the tranny. > '71 Bus had IRS suspension. And a rear cross member that bolted to the block like ours. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org