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On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 23:33, John Jaranson wrote: > On Jun 4, 2005, at 12:17 AM, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 23:13, John Jaranson wrote: > > > > > >>> > >> > >> Yeah, she is a manual. I wasn't sure if that was necessary or not. > >> Couldn't remember if the 6V or 12V was the larger diameter. Anyone > >> know for sure if I need to remove the starter bushing? > >> > > No, you don't need to pull the bushing to bolt the automatic starter > > up. > > The automatic starter will bolt up to any air cooled tranny 6V or 12V, > > but it won't work with the 109 tooth flywheel of the 6V engine. > > > > I knew there was a difference between the 6V and 12V flywheels, but I > thought it had to do with the 180mm vs 200mm diameter and thus the > different number of teeth. My 66 has a 200mm flywheel for sure since > that is what we bought when we swapped the clutch in Hershey. I also > have a vague recollection of a conversation in our garage Russ while > changing out my starter bushings that my flywheel was some kind of > transitional thing and could be changed more easily since it was 200mm. > > I could be completely mistaken about the whole thing too. <G> > We could have been discussing the fact that some '66 t-3's had the o'ring flywheel, like the 12V would have in '67. My '66 fastback does. It uses the later style crank. If you want to go to the 12V you will need to open up the bellhousing to accept the bigger diameter flywheel. And, if you use a manual trans starter, you will need the adapter starter bushing. Chirco part number: CPR301106 I would use the automatic starter as it doesnt require the bushing, and you could convert back at any time. It also has slightly more horsepower. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~