On my '88 ACW, the vent is in the nose cone. Looking at the cone, the
hole is in a slight bump in the casting just to the left of the right most bolt
(of the 3 top bolts in the cone). If in doubt, turn trans upside down and wait
for the oil spot to appear.... that's how I found mine...  :-)

On 10 Aug 2005 at 6:25, Greenamyer, William L <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM> wrote:

> This is still something I have not been able to find.  People have told
> me that it is on the front of the transmission on the top but I have not
> been able to find it.  Do all manual transmissions have this vent?  Does
> someone have an actual picture of it's location?  I have an 84GL with a
> 4 speed trans.
>
> William
>

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy