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On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 20:17, Greg Merritt wrote: > >Did you ever find an o'ring for the dipstick tube. Also, make sure the > >tube sits perpendicular to the tranny case. > > > Not yet -- the socket mystery has grabbed my attention since > the day I discovered the o-ring problem, so I haven't gone looking > yet. > > Is a good hardware store a likely place to find an appropriate o-ring? > A "good" hardware store, maybe. An industrial bearing store for sure. In my case, I go to my buddy parts guy at the John Deere store, but in San Francisco, that would be hard. You might try a transmission shop if you have one near by. Wait, just thought of something. Try your local VW dealer. I think they may still be using the same one. -- 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