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1979 VW Beetle - Front Transaxle Mount

Murbella – Day 30 – Prepping the transaxle for removal

Posted on 2020-05-302020-05-30

I had plans to drop the transaxle today and start loosening up the bolts.

1979 VW Beetle - Driveshaft Coupler
1979 VW Beetle – Driveshaft Coupler

I got her shift coupler detached.  I had upgraded to urethane bushings for this back in 2017 when I replaced her shifter bushing It is all still very tight. (I remember how sloppy she was before this maintenance!)

Now the drawing in the Bentley manual didn’t look like her mount, so I assume it is an earlier IRS picture.

I realized I needed to research more since I have not done this on any year of VW.

However, I did what I could, disconnecting the starter wires an draining the gear oil.

1979 VW Beetle - Draining the gear oil
1979 VW Beetle – Draining the gear oil

I hated to waste this, as this gear oil has at most 200 miles on it.

Look how clean it is.

Now I could not remove the clutch cable nut, so basically it is remove that, finish removing the bolts for the mounts, and then dropped it down on the stand.

Maybe tomorrow.

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