>Is the Bently manual a good enough "how to" for the first time auto trans >rebuilder? > >Any other manuals recommended for 1st time auto trans rebuilding?
NO, GOD NO. The Bentley is a piece of SHIT, plain and simple. What you really want to lay your hands on is the tranny section from a RABBIT Bentley manual, the old style and no one will argue far superior manual format. That book will give you step by instructional step, word by word, directions for dissasembly, diagnosis, and reassembly of the auto box. Some of the parts have changed trivially, so you'll need to refer to the Van Bentley for pictures occasionally, but anyone tearing into these do yourself the favor, photocopy a Rabbit book. Of course this covers only the tranny section, for the final and the assembly we're on our own with the Van manual. John vwbus@mindspring.com |
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