tools for tranny swap?

[jtoomasson at yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Dude - just follow Bob's (the Bentley) instructions. They'll get you through
90% of it, this list is for the other 10%...  :)

Best advise I can give you? Have confidence and be patient.

There's a lot of things that are "out of our league", but until you do them,
you're never going to learn. Even though I had done some reasonably
sophisticated shit on multiple occasions (like rebuilding cylinder heads), I
had never actually done a clutch _myself_ until recently... It just sucks
when you have to learn on your daily driver and you don't have the luxury to
make a mistake or two...

oh - and for the speedo cable screw? Vise-grip that shit...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Smith" <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
To: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: tools for tranny swap?


> Cool thanks, I'm printing this and bringing it to
> NAPA. Unfortunately, I really need the car on the road
> NOW, so while the clutch isn't great, it's usable
> until my motor swap later this summer. Hopefully NAPA
> has tranny bushings, otherwise I'll have to make do
> without those too I guess. Damn, forgot the speedo
> cable had to come out. It's a slightly stripped, very
> stuck phillips head screw. The drain plug socket is
> supposed to be inverted correct? Any others inverted?
> Any other helpful info you could pass on? This is
> really out of my league mechanics-wise but I have no
> choice. Any tech write-ups out there?
>
> Dan
>
> --- Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > You should have no problems swapping those. Make
> > sure you do the clutch
> > while you're in there, unless the existing is of
> > known quality. Tranny
> > bushings are $5 - do those too.
> >
> > You'll need:   11mm socket and 10mm socket (various
> > bell housing bolts,
> > speedo cable), 8mm allen (I think - starter bolts (I
> > have also seen starter
> > bolts with a 10mm-12pt/triple-square), 17mm allen
> > (tranny drain plug),
> > 9mm-12pt socket (flywheel), 8mm 12-pt/triple-square
> > (CV bolts), 17mm socket
> > (pressure plate, multiple engine mounts), torque
> > wrench, 17mm and 19mm combo
> > wrenches, bailing wire/coat hanger (securing of PP).
> >
> > 1) Take transmission mount off bell housing before
> > trying to remove tranny
> > (I'm pretty sure the Bentley says you get by without
> > doing this, but I will
> > NEVER go that route again).
> >
> > 2) triple-check to make sure speedo cable and
> > linkage is completely free
> > (don't ask me how I know)
> >
> > Anything else?  :)
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Dan Smith" <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 1:32 PM
> > Subject: tools for tranny swap?
> >
> >
> > > I didn't get a response yesterday so let me try
> > again.
> > > The tranny in my mk1 died (FF) so now I have to
> > swap
> > > the tranny from my 84 mk2 (4k) into it. What
> > special
> > > tools do I need, what important things do I need
> > to
> > > know and will the tranny swap over nicely?
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
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