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They can leak out the axle seals... the salt belt cars will set up corrosion between the steel nuts and washers and the magnesium case... which loosens them. I change the tranny oil every 100K or so. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "knowonelse" <knowonelse@sbcglobal.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [T3] As Long as I'm Underneath > Thanks Keith. > > Keith Park wrote: > >Here is the reliability FAQ: > > As as someone else suggested, I filled the > tranny, well I tried anyway, I ran out of > GL4 before I filled it. And I pumped a lot > in there! Looks like it leaked a LOT just > sitting there over the last 10 years. > > Jeff '67 Sqbk - off to the FLAPS > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >