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

[Russ Wolfe <russw@classicvw.org>]

On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 12:17, Daniel Baum wrote:
> I put the governor in, and took the car for a spin. I was happily 
> reacquainted with 2nd and 3rd gears. It may have been my imagination but it 
> seemed to behave differently. It downshifted on its own on hills, which I 
> don't remember it doing much. Is it supposed to do that? Could I have 
> unwittingly fixed something?
I think is just psyhcological <sp>. Like your car runs better after you
wash it.

> I checked the ATF again and it was down. I am willing to believe for now 
> that I didn't measure it properly before - I may not have waited long enough 
> for it to go down after filling it up, this was after all the first time I 
> have ever filled an empty tranny. It took another quart and now the level 
> shows between the lines. I will keep an eye on this - I hope there isn't an 
> internal leak.
You probably had an air pocket in the torque converter that you filled
by driving it.

> In the mean time it looks like ANOTHER lug bolt is stripping. I didn't force 
> it and it is torqued OK for now, but I will be driving cautiously until I 
> get it fixed. This bolt also looks like the thread is flattening out - could 
> two bolts have stripped?
Are you sure you are not over tightening them?? 108 ft lbs.
I don't think I have ever stripped the threads on lug bolt. I have seen
them stripped in the hub.

> 
> Thanks to all, especially Russ and Jim, for the help in sorting my tranny.
No thanks needed. That is why we are here.

-- 
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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