[Vwdiesel] Transmission fluid draining

[Shawn Wright]

On 3 Jun 2005 at 9:12, David Cook <vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- Shawn Wright <swright at zuiko.sls.bc.ca> wrote:
> > This is the first I've heard of a magnet in the fwd
> > trannies... I was thinking of 
> > swapping in a magnetic drain plug from a Vanagon,
> > but wasn't sure if it would clear. I 
> > guess there is a reason they didn't use a magnet on
> > the plug?
> 
> Every VW tranny I've had the drain plug off of has had
> a magnet on it, from my old '60 Beetle to my Passat
> (with auto tranny) to my '78 Bus, to both the diesel
> trannies I've drained, to the Corrado Tranny.

Neither of my '85 Jetta (ACH) trannies have them. Same style plug, just no magnet 
on the back. 

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy