[T3] Trans - 0 miles

[Jim Adney]

On 21 Jun 2011 at 16:09, Bryon Garvin wrote:

> Just sharing....
> came across it in the listings and thought some would be curious/interested
> !
> 
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1155186

Interesting. At first glance that looks completely wrong, but then I 
realized that it's just missing the black sheet steel cover that goes 
on over the mid section. I've never looked at one in that state.

There were 2 different versions of the torque converters and this 
looks like the early, less desirable one, but I can't be sure. Ah-HA, 
now I see it: Look around the output flanges. You can see small 5-
bolt flanges just outside each output flange. This is the early, less 
desirable, '68-9 version of the AT, and yes, that's the early torque 
converter.

You don't want it. This design was superceeded in '70 by a better 
design.

The other thing I never noticed before is that this looks like you 
could install an outboard starter shaft bushing and use the normal MT 
starter. That might work nicely, or it might be a problem because the 
MT starter has slightly less HP than the AT starter. Also, I don't 
know if the drive pinions are the same.  

In general, the ATs seem to be pretty darn rugged, which is probably 
another reason why this one is still around.

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