Tranny Shims (gaskets), Thickness Options

[2-OH!]

1975 2.0 901 standard tranny...Three shims currently installed

I measure the three shims (gaskets) between the intermediate case and the tranny case...Measured individually and together, the total thickness as measured by a michrometer is .012...Converted to mm's that comes out to be .30 mm's...

The gaskets come in three thicknesses, 1.mm, 1.5mm, and 2.0mm's...

I can't get there from here...Where am I going wrong with my math...

In the first place, these gaskets are paper thin, noway they are 1, 1.5 or 2 mm's thick... so I am thinking it's a sneaky european trick with the decimal points...

Any help out there...

2-OH!

[TimT]

Did you pull the diff out?

well actually doesnt matter

if you have havent effed with th diff

bolt everything up... smear some prussian blue, or white lithium grease on the ring gear and rotate the tranny a coupla times....

unbolt the dif and check the "shmear" look for a nice pattern on the ring gear.. should be halfway between the top and bottom of the gear tooth..

The intermediate housing gaskets affect this... the shims on your diff affect this also

what you want is a nice pattern on the ring gear..

If you get it f$%^% up you just have a whining tranny...