[Vwdiesel] Filling pre '87 transmissions...Miser stylee

[Roger Brown]

Mark Shepherd wrote:
> 
> If there is a twist of  7mm to the tranny ...why not park on
> a plank of wood 14mm thick?
> Filler being mid way across between .....Ahhh ball-lucks I
> just remembered you all drive wimpy transverse engine
> vehicles...
> 
> It makes me so angry.. I've got a good mind to start
> exporting Quantums so you can all have one and then
> understand what I'm Rabbiting on about :o)
> 
> OK youll need to drive on a block of wood that is 7mm x by
> the ratio of the distance between the front and back wheels
> to width of the tranny ie about ...
> AHHHHH just seen a pic of the filler plug its on the end of
> the tranny not on its side ...
> Back to plan 1 and work out the ratio of the distance
> between the front wheels and the distance from the rhs wheel
> and the filler hole...
> Multiply the ratio of the two distances (some number greater
> than 1) by 7mm ...
> 
> NOPE its the ratio of the width of the tranny oil reservoir
> (from plug back towards the engine) to the distance of rhs
> wheel to plug this gives you a number say 10. Ten times 7mm
> gives about 3" ...drive onto a 3" block of wood or a
> roadside kerbstone and fill her up... PHEW THATS IT ...IN A
> NUTSHELL...
> I bet I drink Carling Black Label...
> Mathematically-Challenged Miser

One way to do that would be to fill the transaxle by volume then
experimentally detemine the block height needed under the driver's side
tire to raise the fill plug to the right level.  Try something thicker
than you think you need, check the level in the plug and change the
height until it comes out just right.  Save that block for checking the
oil level.

-- 
   Roger