Re: Pan gasket (was:Re: Governor o-ring (was:Re: [T3] Passed test - good and bad news))

[Russ Wolfe <russw@classicvw.org>]

On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 09:15, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 24 May 2005 at 23:09, Aaron Clow wrote:
> 
> > Yep. Check this out: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1064342
> > 
> > "Normal" wear, at least according to modern VW specs. How else would 
> > they explain the existence of "lifetime" fluids otherwise?
> 
> That's pretty interesting stuff, but I've never seen ATF that was that dirty. 
> Seeing the fuzzy magnets in there makes me wonder if we might all benefit from 
> the addition of some magnets at the next ATF change. I'm thinking that a nice 
> cow magnet would probably just drop in and stay passively in a corner of the 
> pan while soaking up any ferrous bits.

Now Jim, These city boys aren't going to know what a cow magnet is. ;=}

-- 
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

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