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Curious to know what w/c the trans is now in??? Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ wolfe" <russella@prairieinet.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [T3] new listee and new car > On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 22:10, Stephen Curvey wrote: > > Welcome to the list. > > > > > > BUT, this type3 is a new animal to me. and it is an > > automatic. So, I'm sure to have a lot of questions for this > > list. My first question is where do you all buy your parts? > > the usual suppliers don't seen to be very type 3 loaded with > > parts. Like RMMW and such. > > First place to look for parts is here. A lot of people on the list kind > of horde T-3 parts when they find them. And I find a lot of stuff on > Ebay. Most of the engine parts are the same as T-1, except for engine > tin. Points are the same, plugs, etc. Thesamba.com is another place to > look. > > > > and, is it feasable to just remove the auto tranny and > > convert it to a standard 4 speed now before I get started > > working on this car? I realize you'd have to arrange for the > > extra pedal and cable. Bet the car doesn't have the clutch > > cable line and bowden tube on it does it? I haven't looked > > yet. this car was just such a great deal for the condition > > of the body and fenders and bumpers and it was almost a > > giveaway cuz the guy had to move and the car had to go. > > > Why do you want to chenge the automatic? It is one of the strongest > automatic transmissions for its time. The design is still being used > today in some of the water cooled VW's. > The clutch cable tube in the tunnel is missing on automatic T-3's if it > is the original floor pan. > > -- > 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 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/03