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| posted on April 13th, 2006 at 03:14 PM |
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gearbox issue
hi all,
have a 68 1500 beetle box, the spring on the arm that holds the clutch cable broke - have purchased a replacement but can i change it with the box in
the car? with the engine in the car?
have been told there is a circlip that allows you to take the arm off? is this a relatively simple proceedure ie: off and on? with just sitting the
spring in the relevant grooves for it?
thanks
nick
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| posted on April 13th, 2006 at 08:41 PM |
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Real crappy job with the engine in the car but it can be done.
Probably spend less time and heaps less frustration removing the engine.
Tranny can stay put.
Yes fairly straight forward with a couple of suitable levers and some circlip pliers.
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| posted on April 13th, 2006 at 10:06 PM |
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Easy........just take your left rear wheel off and you have access.
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| posted on April 13th, 2006 at 10:10 PM |
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Yep, should be able to do it with the car jacked up. (Just let the exhaust cool down or you'll burn yourself like I did!)
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| posted on April 13th, 2006 at 10:15 PM |
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tried with engine in ,took it out was a hell of a lot easier
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| posted on April 14th, 2006 at 06:44 PM |
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done with engine in - mind you it took a good 4hrs cos im deadset useless - should have only taken 30minutes tops....
thanks for the imput from everyone!
nick
also - if anyone has a better suited linkage or ideas for weber dcns than the pivot style i would appreciate it
thanks nick
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