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Making Progress



I have a funnel with a rubber tube on it.  I jack up the drivers side of the
car as far as I can and use that to fill it through the hole.
----- Original Message -----
From: <cwass99@rogers.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:20 PM
Subject: Making Progress


>      Flushed the transaxle on the Little Beastie and poured in 2 quarts of
> Redline MTL. That stuff is expensive ($40 for the 2 bottles with tax), but
WOW!
>  A couple unexplained noises have now been successfully vanquished.  I've
only
> driven it to work and back once so far, but it seems to shift smoother,
> especially into second.  Once again, this list comes through with an
> outstanding suggestion.
>      All that's left to do is replace the shift linkage bushings (waiting
for
> my questions to the PotterMan to receive a response) and replace the
warm-up
> regulator to solve the nasty idle problem and it's as good as the day I
bought
> it.  Better actually, with the upgraded exhaust and suspension :)
>      Only minor problem was getting the speedometer gear back in
correctly.  I
> hate that little bolt.  It's back in, but it brings up an interesting
question.
>  Other than putting the fluid in through the Speedo hole in top, what
other
> places do people pour the fluid through into the transaxle?  I could never
> figure out an easy and effective way to pour through the filler hole in
the
> side.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Colin
>
> If you can read this line, you're probably not illiterate.
>
>
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