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

[William A. Thompson]

My my my ... we Vwdiesel people are compulsive
obsessive now aren't we? I'm in good company ...
'cause .... me too ... even more so.
You guys have given me much to think about and
opportunity to learn ... press on.
Mark ... when you work out the height of the block
.. would you be sure to let us know all the
details please?
Also ... I have a collection of western and
eastern Rabbits 7 in all ... various years but
mostly '81-'84. Etka doesn't give numbers when the
parts are NLA. I would like to see the gathering
of all the numbers, applications and timing specs
on injection pumps and specs for injectors
collected in one place. I haven't seen that
comprehensively done in one place ... in one
document ... yet. It would be nice to have the
factory recommendations vs. experience and the
whyfors included. Like the tranny tables you can
find out there on the 'net. I would collect them
and document them ... but it is hard to find it
all except by the year as in the Bentley... be
nice to see it by pump part numbers ... injector
numbers ... and application in the various cross
uses too.
Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Brown" <r.c.brown at ieee.org>
Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Filling pre '87
transmissions...Miser stylee


> 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
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