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Actually, its an old tranny but with 87Kmi instead of 298K that the cars
original had. It has been sitting about 20 years though. I did change the
oil.
It just acts like the main shaft takes longer to spin down after pushing the
clutch in... if you push the clutch in and shove it right into first it
grinds in, same with reverse... but if you count to two or so its fine. The
clutch doesn't start to engage for a full inch off the floor so I know its
getting disengaged completely but.... the Notch's 73 Tranny doesn't do
this, and neather did the 71 original, So Im wondering a bit, is this a weak
first gear synchro? Otherwise the tranny is nice and quiet and works great/
Keith
Top Notch Restorations
topnotch@nycap.rr.com
71 Squareback
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
87 golf "Winterat"
93 RX7 "Redstur"
-----Original Message-----
From: Toby -- '72 Squareback [mailto:air_cooled_nut@pobox.com]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 12:54 PM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Q about my new Tranny
First, I'm jealous! I wish there was an active hill climb club here.
It's not like we're lacking in mountains!!!
Second, is the tranny BRAND-SPANKIN' NEW? The synchros may need
breaking-in. On my 5-speed, which was an entirely new tranny, I had
troubles getting into all my gears but after some driving it became much
easier. My mechanic said that wasn't uncommon and just besure to change
the tranny oil a couple times.
It's been a good number of years since that time but the tranny is holding
up fine. Talk to your tranny builder and see what they have to say,
juuuust in case.
Toby Erkson
http://www.icbm.org/
'72 Squareback, 2007cc, GB 5-speed, full rag top
'73 Porsche 914 2.0L, WIP; '81 Honda Goldwing, stripped
'95 Jetta 2.0L, CHE w/Peloquin LSD, SCCA EP racecar & daily driver
>
> I spent the weekend freezing to death halfway up Mt Equinox for the VSCCA
> Hillclimb...
>
> Anywho, I put over 100 miles on it and one thing Ive noticed about the
1972
> tranny I put in it, when you push the clutch in it takes MUCH longer for
the
> tranny innards to spin down so it doesn't grind into first...
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