Making Progress

[cwass99@rogers.com (cwass99@rogers.com)]

     I think this thread is an improvement over the threads about which skirts
guys should wear when driving the 'Rocco :)  Besides, I don't have the knees
for mini skirts.

Cheers,
Colin

On 24-Apr-2002 ATS - Patrick Bureau wrote:
> 
> maybe I don't get the point of this thread.
> 
> pop the damn screw to the speedometer cable, and fill that sucker up with a
> long nose funnel by the speedometer hole.
> add 2 quarts close up, start car... your done.
> 
> geez, why get overly complicated for something that gets changed every 30K
> 
> Patrick
> 
> =>-----Original Message-----
> =>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> =>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of John C. Worden
> =>Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:38 AM
> =>To: cwass99@rogers.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> =>Subject: Re: Making Progress
> =>
> =>
> =>At 08:20 PM 4/23/02 -0400, cwass99@rogers.com wrote:
> =>
> =>>      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
> =>
> =>I hope you didn't pay $40 US for the Redline!  I got an idea for filling
> =>the transaxle.
> =>Any of you who have or have seen a kerosene heater probably saw
> =>the little pump
> =>used to fill them.  It's a squeeze deal with a long pickup and a
> =>hose.  When the
> =>transfer case on my truck was leaking a while back I got the idea
> =>to use this
> =>because it just as hard to fill as a VW transaxle.  With one of these you
> =>could
> =>pump the gear oil right into the whole you check the level from.
> =>
> =>
> =>John C. Worden
> =>Bucksport, Maine
> =>
> =>'98 Dakota 4x4-Just rolled 100K
> =>'86 Scirocco 8V-
> =>'81 Scirocco 2.0 16V -
> =>'78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic,  4 speed.
> =>
> 
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Cheers,
Colin

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