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Originally posted by bryanthompson
This winter I want to find a crap transmission and rebuild it. Does anyone know of books or websites that talk about how to do this? the more details the better, of course 
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Hopefully you have some money set aside for this endeavour.
The best book to purchase for this would be the factory service manuals. The volume on transmissions has all of the detail that you would need to completely rebuild the trans.
If you already have that, that is a head-start.
Now, here comes the really expensive stuff.
If the trans died in the typical mode of failure, that means the ring and pinion gears self-destructed. IF the little metal chunks from the kaboom haven't nicked the rest of the gears in the trans, or there aren't any other problems, you need to purchase (at the bare min):
1. Ring and pinion set ($700-$900 depending on vendor)
2. Synchros ($200)
3. Seals (?? varies)
4. Bearings (?? varies)
5. New r&p shims
Then, you'd need some tools to tear it down and build it up.
1. Shop press and plates
2. Feeler guages
3. Various special press-tools, separators, and drifts (some of which are NLA and hard to source).
4. Hotplate
The shop manual will have a listing of all of the special Porsche/VW/Kukko tools that you will need.
In the end, you will have racked up a rather large parts and tools bill. But, it will be nice knowing that you did it yourself and also have something that is (hopefully) going to last you for awhile...
Best of luck! Keep us posted on the progress!