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I've been working on my vintage Beetle a lot lately. I've test-driven it up to 30 miles. The electronic ignition seems to be doin fine.
Now that I'm taking it on longer and longer trips, I'm working through the long-term list of stuff that needs to be updated or fixed. Earlier this week, that was changing out the transmission fluid. I changed out the trans fluid early on when owning the car. I put in "90-weight gear oil". Well, it turns out that there is debate about the best specification of oil to use. I'm not going to get into that debate here, but I pulled out the GL-5 gear oil that I'd put in a few years ago and put in fresh GL-4. I don't know if that's really better, but it sure runs noticably quieter.
Here's Thrice sniffing at the trans fluid plugs and the hex tool used
to remove/install them:
The garage is kind of chilly, so I warmed the container of trans fluid
in hot water in the sink before attempting to put it in the car.
...and, my sophisticated gravity-actuated insertion system.
I want to have a spare carburetor to take with me on long trips. I'm
not to the point of trying to put together a second working carb, but
I'm trying to understand which parts are important to check. Here I'm
checking the amount of time it takes for the thermal-electric choke to
open when voltage is applied.
