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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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will the diff from a manual car bolt up to a auto car. both c5s
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 08:47 PM
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yes; but you need to transfer over the "seal plate" from the original A4 carrier to the carrier you're about to install (that came from the manual tranny C5).

http://mikemercury.home.att.net/342.htm
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pic of a carrier without the seal plate:



pic of the seal plate installed (Mike Norris pic):
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change the oring on seal plate and the output shaft seals
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