It seems we're all busy with projects in addition to everything else life throws at us. I figured I better get moving on this oval to at least sort out the tranny issues before dealing with the interior, glass and wiring. I've never pulled a transaxle before, so this was a good lesson. I read the Bentley, asked some veterans for some pointers, and then got to it.
This oval orginally came with a split case tranny, (non-syncro first gear). A prior PO, (not Shawn who I got it from), yanked it and put in a later beetle tranny. The job was shall we say, "hacked". When Chuck was over one day he kept staring at it and said; "That ain't right". Even the untrained observer could see the tranny didn't sit right. See for yourself.
The whole set up was cockeyed because instead of doing it "right", whoever did it hacked in a piece of steel and a mount to "make it fit". On closer inspection you can see the rusted "hack" steel here.
Here's another view with the mount in place.
On my way to pulling it, I learnd a little more about rear ends.
When I pulled the first drum I encountered this?
Here's a closer look.
In pulling the second drum and turning it over I figured it out. See for yourself.
Not sure if this is a later brake set up with the later trans or a '57 brake set up w/ '57 axles mated to a later trans.
So after removing the clutch cable, brake lines, swing axle nuts, lower shock nuts, e-brake cables, the mounting hardware and the coupler nut inside, it finally came out.
So I found two numbers on the passenger side of the tranny. The first was in the middle in front (front is front) of the axle. It has a large "2" with the number 113.301.103 and a VW stamp. Here's a shot:
The second number was stamped vertically on the bell housing and read 113.301.184. Here's a shot
Here's that front mount that came off.
I've still got to pull off the "hacked" steel piece.
I'm going to give it a good powerwashing and replace the seal and throw out bearing.
To do it right, I need a '60-67 bus nose cone and hockey stick and the original mount to properly fit the later trans into an oval.
I just heard from a knowledgeable LEAKOLER insider that I've got to keep scraping to get the right number for that trans case.
But I'm suggesting you keep it because this Oval is coming your way for the interior as soon as that "shop" of yours is ready for a vehicle. If I don't have the trans figured out by then, you'll need that little wheel!