Sorry Ben, I thought everybody knew.

This English page has a very complete listing of transaxles and ratios,
along with manufacturing dates and original fitments.

http://www.club80-90syncro.co.uk/Syncro_website/TechnicalPages/T25_Transaxle_Specs.htm

Jeff Schwaia also has a good page.

http://www.vanagonparts.com/home.html

On 10/24/06, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/23/06, Kim Springer <kimspringer@rcn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ben,
> >
> > I would think, if you knew the movements of the linkage into the
> > transmission, you could find the gears and note the turn of the axles in
> > each of the gears.  Look for 5 speeds vs 4 speeds and where the reverse
> > gear
> > position is?
> >
> > When I was maybe 15 years old, I had an old 1200 cc VW engine mounted to
> a
> > 4
> > speed VW tranny that was u-bolted to a pallet.  I remember turning the
> > input
> > shaft on the tranny (with the engine unbolted) and shifting the tranny
> > with
> > a pair of vice-grips on the shift shaft going into the nose cone.  You
> > could
> > pretty easily make out the change in RPM of the axles, especially if you
> > held one of them still.
> >
> > Maybe the T3 trannys wouldn't be that easy to manipulate, but it's just
> a
> > thought.
> >
> > Kim
>
>
>
> Kim,
>
> I don't know where Jake found it, but he identified another code I
> found. AGT turns out to identify it as a 5-speed with a .483 R&P.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> BenT
>
>
> ps:
> I could not check shifting because I already packaged the bugger.
>
> pps:
> Let me know when you are checking out Jero's seats.
>

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Jake
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