RE: [T3] Safely home

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 6 Aug 2008 at 21:08, russw wrote:

> Is your trans one of the single side cover ones?? 
> I do not have a tach in my car, but I can tell by the sound of the
> engine, it is running maybe 500 rpm lower, than when it had the original
> 69 T-3 trans.
> All 73 and on single side cover transaxles were 3.88. The Thing does
> share the same nose cone as the T-3. The bug has a different nose cone,
> and you cannot replace that nose cone with an early nose cone. The main
> shaft bearing is different. 

I don't see any mention of this in Service Without Guesswork or the 
Bentley (unless it is buried in the text.) Service Without Guesswork 
DOES mention higher ratios for the Type 14s (Ghias) and 18s (Things), 
but they all indicate the same ratio for all Type 3 trannys.

I thought I remembered that the single side cover tranny cases were 
introduced randomly over the course of most of the year, so it seems 
odd that VW would have sold Type 3s with different ratios at the same 
time without telling the customer.

If you got a Ghia or Thing single side cover tranny, then it 
certainly looks like you'd have the higher ratio gears. That's 
certainly doable.

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