Re: Replacing slushbox seals

[Dave Head <dhead@sundial.sundial.net>]

At 03:16 PM 9/22/98 +0200, you wrote:
>1. The transmission looks very heavy. I wonder how one is supposed to lower
>it safely to the ground? Is a single trolley jack sufficient for this job?
>Is it possible for a DIYer do do this safely at all?

Yup. From jackstands I would balance the transaxle with a bottle jack,
lower it onto my chest and slide out from under it.

>2. I don't have any book describing the process of disconnecting the diff
>housing from the gearbox. 

four small nuts hold it on. 

I know Bentley has detailed instructions on how to
>rebuild automatic transmission, unfortunately, after adding the shipping
>costs and taxes it would cost me nearly $200. Are there any other, cheaper
>books that could be of any use? There's a bookstore here in Warsaw that can
>order virtually any book from anywhere in the world for me if I know the
>ISBN. I could paricularly appreciate any BTDTs. Once the transmission is
>removed I would also like to replace the seals that are responsible for
>mixing the ATF with the diff fluid, the driveshaft seals and the rear
>crankshaft seal. I also have a small leak from the round cover (? it looks
>like a cover) on the RH side of the slushbox. I wonder if this would be
>difficult to fix that leak as well. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>The dealer or gerbox specialist will probably ask $$$$ and I'm afraid my
>friendly "we fix all brands and models" mechanic may not be competent enough
>to do this job. TIA.

Its a VW trans - any VW shop can do it.
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