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Water-cooled VW :: RE: Broke down traveler in an 81 diesel Rabbit (transmission???)

Author: GTIVWMK2
Posted: Today 2:48 pm (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 4

I would swap in the 4 speed and get home. Keep your old trans though. throw it in the back if you can. As you can get it rebuilt or use the 5th off of it.

Water-cooled VW :: RE: Tranny fluid coming up speedo cable and leaking on feet

Author: GTIVWMK2
Posted: Today 2:41 pm (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 9

Glad I posted the pictures then. What you had typed up was a little confusing to me thats why i went in search of pictures. Glad you explained it!

Water-cooled VW :: RE: 1981 Rabbit (trying to find a weird part)

Author: GTIVWMK2
Posted: Today 2:40 pm (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 1

As far as I know they never made one. I had one on my 89 Jetta. But it was made by the previous owner and he had to cut the radiator support and move the headlights back an inch for clearance.

Water-cooled VW :: RE: Tranny fluid coming up speedo cable and leaking on feet

Author: crsmp5
Posted: Today 11:06 am (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 9

well id brake clean myself.. once you warm the oil up it will evap.. and if plugged it can only be "dust" or maybe a mud dobber nesting bee plugged it up.. not like moving metal parts.. not like gear oil sludges llike in a vc..

this 5 speed in a kubvan? have 02a in mine.. www.crsmp5.com for its pics..

1more thought.. if you had a bearing creating heat in the tranny.. the oil will try to "boil" raises the level and will make it run up the cable too..

old 010 auto trannies and the ones in audi/quantiums when the final drive bearings fail does that.. but they also overfill with atf too.. but i have seen it not add atf and do that from heat..

Water-cooled VW :: RE: Tranny fluid coming up speedo cable and leaking on feet

Author: kubvan
Posted: Today 6:26 am (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 9

My FN gearbox (from '84 diesel) looks like that in the second picture.

crsmp5, I'll look for that when it stops raining. I suppose I would clear it with a drill bit, at the risk of dropping crap into the interior.

Will report...

Water-cooled VW :: RE: Tranny fluid coming up speedo cable and leaking on feet

Author: crsmp5
Posted: Yesterday 9:00 pm (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 9

read what i said... your 2nd pic.. zip tie on cable mount.. if that 9pm.. look at 3pm on the side not in photo... aka bottom...

Water-cooled VW :: RE: Tranny fluid coming up speedo cable and leaking on feet

Author: GTIVWMK2
Posted: Yesterday 7:37 pm (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 9

So the trans is suppose to have this vent on it. marked by the white circle. There is however another trans case of which I do not know the code to that does not. Look at the same place on the second picture.

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Water-cooled VW :: RE: Tranny fluid coming up speedo cable and leaking on feet

Author: crsmp5
Posted: Yesterday 11:23 am (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 9

the aluminum allen plug for shift selector behind the cable... hole above it by casting for cable... look up from bottom behind starter/cable

Water-cooled VW :: RE: Picked up an 87 GTI

Author: ANSAracingb
Posted: Yesterday 11:12 am (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 6

I believe so. Check this out:
http://www.a2resource.com/
There is a LOT of information on there, including transmission codes and gear ratios.
Awesome site!

Water-cooled VW :: RE: Tranny fluid coming up speedo cable and leaking on feet

Author: kubvan
Posted: Yesterday 6:34 am (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 9

I have the same problem. (FN tranny, mk1 diesel)

It began when I changed the oil to Redline MTL, and overfilled it, deliberately, on advise found on internet. 5th gear no longer whines, (the purpose of overfilling), but then the leak.

The trouble is, the oil now gets forced up the speedometer cable even when the oil level is low, like a 1/4cup in 10 miles. Surely there's a vent somewhere, and mine must now be clogged, but I can find no vent.

In desperation, I butchered the backup switch to make it vent, it being higher up than the speedo cable; it seems to be working so far.
I'd like to know how/where this box is supposed to vent. I don't have that black cap thing.

Water-cooled VW :: RE: 99.5 mk4 starter noise/screech fix!!

Author: mintonman
Posted: Yesterday 5:33 am (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 2

Funny that you posted that today! I was gonna update my post today by saying mine made the noise again yesturday Didn't sound as bad but still embarassing. Mine was doing it alot though compaired to now since repacking it with new grease. I will update this thread as it starts to get noisier and what I find if I pull it apart again. I will say that my neighbors had to hear me scream when it made that F'ing noise again. lol!!
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Water-cooled VW :: RE: 99.5 mk4 starter noise/screech fix!!

Author: Herby
Posted: Yesterday 12:45 am (GMT -7)
Topic Replies: 2

It works to a point. Did this on my tdi and it wasn't long before it did it again. It works, I guess I was just unlucky.
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