i have a leaky gear shift housing on a 1970 vw bug do you...

Answer by SonOfDun
Submitted on 5/15/2006
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If your transaxle is fitted with a 1966 or earlier shift housing chances are you've experienced oil leaking from the area where the shift lever (hockey stick) exits the front of the housing. Until now there hasn't been any way to install an oil seal in the early housings as the outer internal bushing is located all the way at the end thus leaving no room for the type of bushing that carries a seal. We now have an extremely high quality bushing that replaces the old split bushing at the outer end and carries a seal! Order part # 001 301 209A Also as long as you've got the shift housing off it's a good idea to perform a simple factory modification. What's involved is removing a little bit of metal from the baffle in front of the channel leading to the vent hole (in later housings you can see that this area is opened up considerably). This can be done by cutting a small (approx 1/2 inch) V shaped notch in the baffle thereby avoiding a pressure build-up that cause an even a bigger oil leak out the vent hole!

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i have a leaky gear shift housing on a 1970 vw bug do you have a chart

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