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I don't know if there's enough room for me to type all the mistakes. ;-)
I'll start going down the list with mistakes off the top of my head.
AG Fridolin only. A friend of mine at Rancho was telling me of an unusual and very desireable mainshaft he found in an AG single side cover IRS trans. All Frids were swing axle, so what was this one?
AK, AL T181. I have seen literally hundreds of T181 g'boxes in my searching in Mexico. Not once have I found an AK or AL. They are always AV and AW. AV being 4.12R&P, T181 flanges, AW is the same with ZF LSD. But your list doesn't include AV and AW. All USA spec T181s have AV g'boxes, never AW.
AT is the the most common code for a single side cover IRS over here. They were fitted to Cabriolets, and Supers as well as torsion bar standard Beetles. I own 3 standard (1300 flat screen) Beetles with AT SSC g'boxes.
I'm helping a friend rebuild his g'box. Its unusual for over here in that its a 72 swing axle trans. Starting in 69, all USA delivered Beetles were IRS, but in Canada, we got some swing axles. This swing trans is code AY with a 4.125 R&P. It has some of the upgrades found in single side cover IRS g'boxes Where is that one on your list?
In my garage right now I have a CY trans I found in a "Yonke" (junkyard) in Mexico. Its a single side cover IRS trans with a 4.625 R&P, 3.78/2.06/1.36/1.04 factory close ratio gears. And finally T181 drive flanges. Its from a VW Hormiga, a light urban flat deck single cab type delivery vehicle. Since finding this g'box, I have seen 3 more.
The most common gearbox to find in Mexico today is code PE. Its built like the early swing axles, with threaded shafts and all keyed gears and a 4.375 R&P.
I find it highly unlikely that VW would install a LSD in an autostick. Has anyone ever seen one of those codes? In fact, the only LSDs I've ever seen were in T181s. Has anyone ever found any of those codes listed for Beetles and KGs with LSD?
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