[Vwdiesel] Re: Vwdiesel Digest, Vol 27, Issue 52

[Marvin Jansen]

Tranny source,  Mitchell Service in Duncanville (Tuscaloosa) AL, has acres
of A2s.

On 1/28/06, vwdiesel-request at vwfans.com <vwdiesel-request at vwfans.com> wrote:
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>   1. RE: Tranny source? (Rudy)
>   2. Re: Re: Getting a Jetta 1985 NA going. (LBaird119 at aol.com)
>   3. Re: Rabbit Brake Booster alternatives? (LBaird119 at aol.com)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Rudy" <petersenrudy at hotmail.com>
> To: "'david hardy'" <david at planetmind.net>, <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:21:01 -0800
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Tranny source?
> There is an 89 Diesel Tranny for sale on the GTD Forum.  It was just
> listed,
> it's in Calgary, $150
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> Rudy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of david hardy
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 2:05 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Tranny source?
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> If anyone knows where I can get a good used AGS, AOP or ACH tranny for my
> '89 N/A Jetta, let me know...I'm having a hell of a time. Bought one off
> ebay only to have FedEx LOSE it, and just now I got snubbed by a salvage
> yard guy who apparently didn't want to part with his.
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> I'm really missing 5th gear!
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> -David
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> From: LBaird119 at aol.com
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:32:06 EST
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Re: Getting a Jetta 1985 NA going.
> In a message dated 1/27/2006 9:02:55 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> fudny at aol.com
> writes:
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> >  So I figure I would yank the pump. As soon as I pulled the drive
> > pulley off the fuel just poured out of the shaft seal. I guess this
> > would have been severe enough to not allow my pump to draw fuel.
> > correct?y
> >
> >  If this is correct how is the safest way to remove it. I have a
> > bearing supplier nearby, anyone know the dimensions? if not I'll pull
> > it and bring it along.
> >
>
> That's what I thought at first too.  It's a bushing not a bearing.  The
> way
>
> to fix it is to send it in where the pump housing is emptied of components
> and either a new bushing is installed and honed to size or the case is
> bored and a bushing installed.  (Unless you have the machinery to do
> it yourself!)  :-)  You can do a new seal by carefully removing the old
> one
> but if the bushing is worn much that's a short term band aid at best.
>
> This all brings about the way to check for a worn bearing is in the
> vector of the pull from the timing belt, not just a general wiggle test
> as would be the case with a bearing.
>     Loren
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> From: LBaird119 at aol.com
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:38:30 EST
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Rabbit Brake Booster alternatives?
> The brake booster doesn't fail too often.  The pump should hold a pretty
> good
> grip on your finger if you hold it over the open hose.  Like Roger
> suggested
> it could be the valves in the pump.  Clean the hoses and try the "suck
> test"
> in both directions to see if they hold like they should.  Sometimes you
> can
> clean and mess and they'll work.  I had better luck with that than the new
> ones that came in the kit once.
>   Suck test on the booster will tell if it's leaking.  Sometimes they do
> leak
> at the seal to the brake booster, which is fixable.  :-)
>     Loren
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