Re: [T3] How many hours to drop tranny?

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

In the salt belt, the corrosion between dissimilar metals dissolves the
magnesium under the washers on the tranney nuts.  They then require
retighening.

Keith

> > My tranny is leaking and needs to be opened and resealed; involves
> > dropping engine and tranny and reinstalling. I got two quite
> > different quotes from mechanics on how many hours they would charge
> > for the dropping/installation portion of the job-- 3-4 hours and 7
> > hours plus. Anybody have ideas of what is standard (both factory and
> > reality)?
>
>


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org