Re: Tranny ID

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

>Howdy to all on the list. I have a 79' Scirocco. The original dealer
>delivery paperwork states that it was delivered with a 5 speed. However
>It currently has only 4 speeds.  My question is: How to ID which tranny
>it is by using the transaxle numbers stamped on the transaxle? Is it
>possible that the linkage is screwed up? I'd much rather have a 5 speed
>being that I drive quite a bit on the freeways in Houston.
>
>	Also does anyone on the list have a spare front spoiler available.
>preferably white. Thanx for your help.
>
>
>
>Dan K.
>Hockley, TX
>79' 8V

It's stamped onto a flat plate at the bottom of the transaxle bellhousing.
It's probably a 2 letter code followed by a series of numbers denoting
build date.  There's a transaxle decoder on scirocco.org, click on the
gears off the front page.

==Brett

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