Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1998 19:50:55 -0500
Reply-To:     hseaver@HARMON.BML.USOUTHAL.EDU
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From:         Harmon Seaver <hseaver@HARMON.BML.USOUTHAL.EDU>
Organization: Maddog Press
Subject:      Re: Tranny tools???-reply
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Jwilli941@aol.com wrote:

> If you've done those transmissions then the VW
> shouldn't present too much of a problem, however,
> for the basic tools that *will* be required you'll spend
> almost the same as you would on a quality rebuild.
> Off the top of my head just the bare bones that
> you'll need assuming that you already have a good
> metric tool selection would be in the neighborhood
> of $400+.  Then you'll have to purchase the parts


   You're probably right -- I've got a dial indicator gauge, but what
stopped me from getting one apart before was the VW231/15 tool to take
out the adjusting rings -- tried a makeshift one, but couldn't get it --
and I'd also need at least the VW 381/14 for the retaining ring on the
pinion bearing. Most of the other stuff looks like something could be
rigged. Not that it's be a "professional" job, of course, but "good
enough" as long as the ring and pinion was reasonably close.
   Anyway, the tool prices I've seen thus far make it pretty
impractical, unless someone was selling used stuff.


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