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On 17 Dec 2004 at 20:40, Russ Wolfe wrote: > You didn't need anything special to install a Corvair engine in a VW, > You just flipped the ring gear to the other side of the pinion shaft. How do you feel about the special tools to set the ring/pinion fit? Would YOU need those tools to do this job, or have you done enough of them that you could just do it by feel? > Wanta see something funny??? Rebuild an early T-2 transaxle, and start > to go for a road test, and find that you have 4 in reverse, and 1 > forward. I have never done it, but saw one done that way. We didn't quit > laughing for about an hour. ;-) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~