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On 3 Oct 2004 at 15:17, Louis Brooks wrote: > I pulled the engine and auto trany out of the Fasty today. (Its a good > thing I did since the engine was only held in by 3 bolts, two of which > were only finger tight.) I noticed the trany had 2 small windows in the > bell housing where it bolted to the engine case. Are these supposed to > be open all the time or is there supposed to be some type of cover to > keep crap out of the bell housing? They should just be open. They don't seem to cause problems, and air has to circulate in there to cool the AT. That's what the fins on the torque converter are for. > Also, are there any shops which will rebuild the auto trany? I know a > lot of folks get rid of them but I would like to hang on to it. There must be places which can do it, but in general these have been very reliable. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~