Thanks John,
I'm not sure HOW amused I'd be with a problem like that!  Thanks for the link.

Actually, when I had to measure the shim thickness when I rebuilt my
auto trans, I made one of the measurements (stupidly and three times)
from the wrong place and finished up with a much thicker shim that I
had expected.  AT that point I simply had to put the job away and went
without the vehicle for 3 months.  When I got back to the job, I
checked it again and of course, found the RIGHT place to make the
measurement and that I did need a shim, but an appropriate one.

My reason for the question in the first place was that there is a
cheap Type 2 transmission available locally and I wondered about
grabbing it as a spare (though I would rather get an Audi 5000 one).

Thanks again John.

Dave

2008/9/15 John Bange <jbange@gmail.com>:
>> I take that to mean that the Type 2 auto box is identical to the T3
>> auto box that was in the air-cooled vehicles?  (That's the one that
>> was in my '82 until I changed it.)
>
> Yep, same-same. That 3-speed dual-planetary gear auto tranny unit was
> used in a whole bunch of VW and Audi vehicles in the 70's and 80's.
> All they did was change the reverse ring gear hub, fill tube location,
> and/or drill & tap the case for the cooler. I had an amusing lesson in
> this a few years ago <http://bange.us/Vanagon/hub/index.htm>
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen"
> '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"
>