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


On 28 May 2005 at 11:11, Daniel Baum wrote:

> You're not gonna believe this, but that is exactly what's happened. I took 
> the car for a drive and it wouldn't shift out of first. Obviously I took it 
> home immediately and looked up the problem in the Bentley trouble shooting 
> guide. It said the problem was with the governor. I opened up the cover and 
> this time the governor just came out in my hand, minus the drive pinion.

&()_% $#%$^$!!!

> Isn't there a saying about God loving idiots or something? I was able to get 
> the drive pinion out with magnet! Phew!!! I think I've been incredibly 
> lucky.

Where was it? Did you have to drain the gear oil to get it out of the diff 
housing via the drain hole, or was it still up top where you could reach it via 
the governor space?

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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