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On 20 May 2005, at 17:16, Daniel Baum wrote: > > Clean up all the ATF first. Put the car up on some jackstands. Once > > everything is clean you can get someone to help you run the engine > > and put the tranny in gear. Find out where the ATF is comming from. > > Get a drop light, flash light or ? and find the leak. A little ATF > > lmakes a big mess. Once you have found the leak then you can figure > > where to start. This struck me as a good suggestion. Knowing where your leak actually is is likely to save you a lot of work. > Talking of jackstands - how high do you have to lift the rear of the > car to get the engine out? I think the only thing I need to know > concerning tools and parts before I actually do the job is whether I > need a new jack and jackstands, or whether mine will do. It's fairly easy to measure the height of the engine. Just raise the car until you have a bit more room than that under the rear end, so that you know you can slide the engine out. I think the magic number is something around 18-20". - Jim Adney Madison, WI USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~