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On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 08:17, Daniel Baum wrote: > Hi all, > > We were discussing different versions of the AT driveplate a few days ago. I > meant to mention then that the Bentley book shows one with holes all around > the outside (p. 29 of the Engine section). I was expecting mine to look like > this and was a bit surpised when it didn't! The same picture shows the VW > tool for locking the drive plate for removal of the central bolt. (Why is it > called a gland nut when it's really a big bolt?) > > Is this an early version, late version or some kind of never seen prototype? > What you are seeing in that picture is a T-1 drive plate. Notice the 4 wing bolts going into the plat at an angle, and not the 3 bolts going in perpendicular to the plate. Also notice the 3 unused pins facing you in the picture. Those were for the T-3 drive plate. By using that picture, they do make it confusing. And it is called a gland nut, because it is hollow. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~