Making Progress

[scirocco@powerlink.net (John C. Worden)]

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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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