Serious gearbox fluid coming out around the bell housing. Yes I am going to pull the motor out and hopefully it is just the seal on the toque converter.
Anything I should be carefull with or need any special tools.
Will be checking the motor while it's out etc Just have no experience with a VW auto

What hasn't anyone out there had trouble with these boxes before

um what is the 010 auto ? never seen one before ?
you can measure the depth of the input seal areaon the converter , then measure the depth of the seal area in the gear box , you may find you have room for two input seals , this works very well on the 003 auto .

its the flex plate thats the problem converter moves about .

Thanks Seagull at least a reply. 010 is out of a 76 kombi. From my books it is just a manual auto box, that is no vacuum or electric kickdown. book is a gregorys and is a bit vague in some sections. only says to measure how far the T/C is sitting in and make sure you replace it in the same position

Thanks Seagull at least a reply. 010 is out of a 76 kombi. From my books it is just a manual auto box, that is no vacuum or electric kickdown. book is a gregorys and is a bit vague in some sections. only says to measure how far the T/C is sitting in and make sure you replace it in the same position

yes I know the one , kombicol has the same I think .very strong , have seen big 351 v8 behind them ,good box mechanical kick down via a rod .

That's the box. Yes have been told they are very strong just have not been told how to fix the leaks

you can still get parts , service kits and exchange drive plates .

That is the same as mine in the 82 air cooled vanagon

For what it is worth you can take them out without taking the motor out.

Or so i have been told.

my dads box leaks oil aswell??? he fixes one leak.... another springs up... fixes that one and the old leak starts at it again????

a problem is the breather , remove the *TIN * can on top of the ato box , you will see the breathers there .Some were rubber and some a steel can ,shit gets in them , your box is seeing pressure as it heats up pissing oil all over the place .

Holden breathers can be made to fit these were on the diff , I run a hose to get it out from under the cover and up on to the body , out of the dust and in a dry place

a trick is to allso fit two seals to the converterin put on the box , works well .
hope this helps

[Edited on 24-7-2004 by seagull]

Thanks Seagull will have a good look tommorow and hopefully might be the problem