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Date:         Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:54:15 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: how can you tell 4-speed vs. 5-speed apart outside of the van
Comments: To: Kim Springer <kimspringer@rcn.com>
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On 10/23/06, Kim Springer <kimspringer@rcn.com> wrote: > > Ben, > > I would think, if you knew the movements of the linkage into the > transmission, you could find the gears and note the turn of the axles in > each of the gears. Look for 5 speeds vs 4 speeds and where the reverse > gear > position is? > > When I was maybe 15 years old, I had an old 1200 cc VW engine mounted to a > 4 > speed VW tranny that was u-bolted to a pallet. I remember turning the > input > shaft on the tranny (with the engine unbolted) and shifting the tranny > with > a pair of vice-grips on the shift shaft going into the nose cone. You > could > pretty easily make out the change in RPM of the axles, especially if you > held one of them still. > > Maybe the T3 trannys wouldn't be that easy to manipulate, but it's just a > thought. > > Kim

Kim,

I don't know where Jake found it, but he identified another code I found. AGT turns out to identify it as a 5-speed with a .483 R&P.

Cheers,

BenT

ps: I could not check shifting because I already packaged the bugger.

pps: Let me know when you are checking out Jero's seats.


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