All three good. Btw, tranny is out and hanging on hoist. Cleaning the oil and dirt off it. The Shift selector seal really increased its leak rate recently :-) One output shaft weeping too. And I kinda wonder if the diff lock shaft is leaking a bit . Scraping the heavy dirt and oil from the trans… #vanlife :-) Alistair > On Jun 13, 2021, at 3:15 PM, Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > LOL. Yes I'm sure! > > I'm sure you'd notice this if it was an issue but I found one of the > threaded holes in the clutch housing on my 2wd air cooled tranny was > stripped out. Easy fix though. > > Neil. > >> On 6/13/21, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> Well it seems obvious now Neil! > > >>> On Jun 13, 2021, at 2:45 PM, Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> My take on that is: >>> >>> "if guide is plastic, do not grease" > > > -- > Neil n > > VE7TBN > > 1988 Westy 50º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt > > 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 > > VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> |
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