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On 16 Aug 2005 at 17:07, Daniel Baum wrote: > The bolts, which are now 003 323 699A, are still available from VW. They > didn't have them in stock, but I was told they could order them from > Germany. This sounded both time consuming and expensive, so I went over the > road and bought six M8x12mm bolts (grade 8.8) with lock washers for the > equivalent of $1.10. That's three for the drive plate and three spares. I guess I'd still ask about the late bolts. The long distance ordering doesn't cost any extra money, just time, if done here. I'd be interested in the price there. You might be pleasantly surprised. They can be replaced one at a time even after you've got everything back together. Whatever bolts you use, you'll want to make sure they don't come loose while the engine is running. That would make a real mess of things. > >> BTW - the old seal was obviously very worn - the sealing lip was flat. It > >> looks like this was our culprit. > > > > The engine seal, or the TC seal, or both? > > This was the TC seal. the engine seal actually looked OK - a bit worn of > course, but it wasn't leaking and I would not have changed it if I hadn't > had the engine out anyway. > The TC oil seal was very flat. I can only think of two possibilities - > either it was still able to seal enough to keep in cold, viscous oil but not > hot oil after a long drive, or else the actual torque converter itself had a > crack that opened up when it got really hot. In either case my current work > will fix it. Is there any other possibility? I think you've got all the possibilities covered. ;-) -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~