<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>As far as my swap goes, I have all of the seals sitting in the garage waiting to be put in. I was going to pull my broken unit, before it broke, to reseal it for a winter project. This mishap just pushed my had from wanting to do it to having to do it.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I just got a lead on another automatic transmission. I should know more about it this evening/early tomorrow. I
am getting under the gun to make a decision because Saturday was my day to go pick one up. We will see what works out.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Anyone else looking for a used auto unit? I may have a lead on one soon.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial,
'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>As I get the transmissions apart to reseal, I am sure I will be dropping by with questions. I think I am good to tackle what I have so far......</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Somewhere along the line I ran across this nugget of information....</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(222, 227, 231);">"The Type 3 automatic is a very solid transmission. They are known to go for over 100k miles with no problems. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(222, 227, 231); font-weight: bold;">The worst problem can be the torque converter seal leaking, and there is a trick to fixing that: Put 2 seals in it.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(222, 227, 231);">"</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family:
Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(222, 227, 231); font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Does anyone recommend for or against this? Is this SOP for replacing the torque converter seal? Or is it just a wive's tale?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Wish me luck,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Adam</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span> </span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:55 AM, Mike Fisher <fisherfarms@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container">They are all called 003 in the parts books.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:41
AM, Jim Adney <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org" href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">jadney@vwtype3.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On 12 Dec 2013 at 7:41, Mike Fisher wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> > The 003 out of buses,411,412 is similar, but has higher geared ring &<br clear="none">> > pinions for more torque & Less top speed!<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The Type 3 is the 003. Aren't the others different?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> --<br clear="none">> *******************************<br clear="none">> Jim Adney, <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org" href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">jadney@vwtype3.org</a><br clear="none">> Madison, Wisconsin, USA<br clear="none">> *******************************<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>
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