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Subject:Re: Replaced the axle seal
From:Don Hanson
Date:Sun, 21 Sep 2014 20:26:55 -0700

On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

>   On my 5sp manual tranny that runs my inline VW powered 84 tin top...
>
>    So when the weather turns I'll be draining and refilling the tranny
> with all Swepco again and doing the CVs up properly, both sides.  I want to
> make certain my leak is fixed before I change the oil there because the
> Swepco cost about $65 bucks to fill the tranny...
>
>    Don Hanson
>

   One thing I forgot in my first post above...I also cleaned the vent hole
for the tranny, which I read is sometimes the cause of weeping and seal
leaking if it is plugged, and mine may have been almost plugged.....This
hole I found pics of posted on The Samba, I think...it's way up top on the
front of the trans and takes a mirror to see...  I used a drill bit turned
with my fingers to 'pull' the smegma out of that small vent hole rather
than poking it into the trans.