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Really? 70K? I really didnt think there was much to worry about till well> over 100K at the least, maybe yours wasnt set up properly or something at the factory. What kind of use did it see? I have several spares, sometimes the synchros get weak on the higher mileage ones and Reverse goes if you grind your way into it but I havent really seen many bad MT trannies. I dont know how the first 164K went on my Square, other than the first 3 years or so it was in Germany, then a race car driver owned it. Since then the last 125K or so with me has been about 80% highway miles, maybe 6K or so with the boat behind it (again highway) so maybe thats why its lasted so long. My question is how loud to I let it get before I chicken out? can I make 300K?? :-) Keith > > Transmission mileages before overhaul depend almost entirely on type of > > motoring. Short journeys with traffic can kill them in well under 100,000 > > miles, just like brakes, clutches and engines. My previous Type 3 needed > a > > MT gearbox change at about 70,000 miles with no abuse - shaft bearings got > > very noisy and the shift was imprecise, though it didn't actually stop > > working. > > > > Dave Hall. > > UK VW Type 3&4 Club > > www.hallvw.clara.co.uk > > ------- > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > > > >