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• Auto Transmissions $1395
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 26 Mar 1999 19:10:08 -0500
  I have four Vanagon automatic transmissions available, new Volkswagen units with torque converters, for $1395 each. These are originally for '83-85 Vanagons. They...
• Transmission Fluid Change
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Thu, 3 May 2001 01:17:45 EDT
  Does anyone have any kind of procedure for changing transmission fluid? I searched the file archive, and the search option on the message archive...
• Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:52:08 -0800
  ...When installing the transmission, is it obvious if input shaft/clutch splines aren't lining up? Is it possible the transmission can be "forced...
• Re: Transmission Noise
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 10:28:16 -0700
  ...If that's the case, a used transmission can usually be found for $500 or less. Before you do anything, replace the transmission fluid...
• Trying to make a decision
  Historical mailing list - Clifford P Gottschalk
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 23:48:37 -0600
  ...Question I am currently trying to decide on - I own an '85 Westy, with an automatic transmission, and am looking to convert to manual...
• Re: manual transmission linkage
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:21:29 -0400
  ...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com David White wrote: > Are there differences in the manual transmission linkage from > 1984-1987? I need...
• Re: Transmission Popping out of 1st
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 20:16:47 -0400
  ...James >I have an 84 Vanagon who's transmission just started popping out >of 1st gear during hard deceleration. Has anyone every run into...
• Re: Manual trans vent
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:39:50 -0400
  I'm pulling my transmission as soon as the parts I ordered come in from BusDepot. I can take some pictures and put them...
• Re: Transmission quits after 310,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:31:59 -0500
  ...The only part I am missing is the control rod which runs from the shifter to the shift arm on the transmission. This should...
• Automatic or manual transmission ?
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 17:25:07 +0000
  Hi Kevin, ATF has a wide expansion characteristic from cold to hot and the internal transmission cavitity needs to "breathe". I have a '90...
• Re: Transmission '83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dan R. Hall
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:47:07 -0500
  ...Transmission Well, I have put off the inevitable long enough, I need a new transmission for my 83 Watercooled Van, Auto unfortunately. Does anyone...
• Re: Automatic transmission, WTF?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:45:23 -0400
  Another Notice to All Who Drive an Automatic Transmission Vanagon: VW has added a new-fangled feature... by putting the shift lever at the...
• Re: best rebuilt transmission
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 09:33:43 -0700
  ...best rebuilt transmission Unfortunately, neither, live in Wisconsin… Steve From: kenwilfy@gmail.com [mailto:kenwilfy@gmail.com] On Behalf Of kenneth wilford (Van-Again...
• Re: Automatic transmission leak - fixable?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 06:03:40 -0500
  ...Automatic transmission leak - fixable? Let me say that this is the first vehicle with an automatic transmission I have owned.� Previous vanagons and all...
• Rebuilt AT for 84 Westfalia Needed
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 06:53:08 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I've been told that when the engine and transmission components heat up, transmission fluid is more easily transfered among AT parts and thus...
• Re: difficulty shifting
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 Oct 2017 15:16:59 -0700
  ...The brass syncro friction rings are the #1 wear item inside a manual transmission, and it's the second gear syncro that goes first...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal (accelerator cable auto transmission)
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:20:39 -0500
  ...The replacement accelerator cable (auto transmission) feeds from rear of vehicle just above front of transmission. Remove old cable at transmission linkage, unbolt plastic...
• Re: 5 SPEED TRANSMISSIONS FOR SALE ON THE SAMBA
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:21:56 -0700
  ...My '84 has an automatic transmission. It's okay. But I grew up driving manual transmissions and if I could wave a magic wand...
• Transmission Odyssey 2010 - Done! - (tranny + linkage upgrade) PICS.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:32:32 -0700
  ...swapping a WBX transmission into an air cooled. I'm sure some are just dying to know what the heck was going wrong and...
• Re: Automatic transmission reverse slipping?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:09:30 -0400
  I know there is some who may disagree with me, but a competent automatic transmission shop should be able to take care of things...
• Re: Auto Transmission service advice
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 7 May 2019 13:01:43 -0400
  ...Auto Tranny Service >> If in the Seattle area there is a grest auto transmission shop in North >> Seattle, 105th and Aurora. Ed's Transmission...
• I need a transmission (automatic)
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Fri, 30 Jun 95 09:51:16 EDT
  ...I desparately need an automatic transmission for a late-latemodel bus, as in 1976-1978. This is for my first bus, my baby, whao...
• transmission fluid coming out fill tube
  Historical mailing list - Bill Harris
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:28:52 -0400
  ...This was sleuthed and solved in 10 minutes by Larry at Rick's Transmission in Ravenna Ohio. Can't say enough about that shop...
• Any real automatic trans upgrade for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:07:12 -0800
  Hi Volks! I was looking into upgrading my vanagon automatic transmission. By the way I love the vanagon automatic, it's a vacation vehicle...
• Auto transmission sound question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 16 Jun 2023 21:30:20 -0400
  ...Not all transmissions make this sound. Anyone know what the sound is? Eric Caron
• Re: Subie Transmissions to Vanagon Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Mon, 6 Jan 2014 22:39:26 -0500
  http://www.subarugears.com/index.html they make the reversed ring and pinion for the Subaru transmission as well as other stuff not cheap...
• WTB: Good Used Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:24:23 -0800
  Hi All, I'm looking for an automatic transmission that's in good working order for my next Vanagon, which is waiting for me...
• Wtd: A-C V'gon Transmission
  Historical mailing list - J Greenberg G Jannini
  01 Dec 96 15:55:40 EST
  ...A friend of mine who's not on the list is in need of a transmission for an air-cooled Vanagon Westy. He's...
• Power Steering Fluid
  Historical mailing list - ADVRequest
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:20:53 -0600
  ...The VW dealer said to use automatic transmission fluid since there isn't specific power steering fluid. Is this true and, if so, what...
• 84' Auto Trans & Engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Wassily Smyrnow
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 18:15:40 -0400
  ...engine and Auto Transmission for '84 Vanagon... transmission newly overhauled months ago. Engine new heads and runs great! I've got a 84' that...
• Re: CV Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 15 May 2004 00:30:55 +1200
  >Anybody try to put a Continuously Variable transmission in a vanagon? All CVTs that I know of are from front-transverse-engined cars. Won...
• vanagon trivia..who can answer this???
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 May 2005 11:49:43 EDT
  ...why do automatic transmission vanagons have a plastic accelerator pedal reinforced with metal, and manual transmission vanagons just have a plastic accelerator pedal with...
• Re: Manual transmission leak- 88 GL- update
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:32:53 -0500
  My manual transmission has been welded a bunch of times it looks like. Up front back of the main mounting bracket and 6 inches...
• Re: Transmission corroding through
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 02:23:52 -0400
  ...Transmission corroding through HELP! I noticed that my transmission was leaking a little and thought I'd need a gasket perhaps but when I...
• transmission
  Historical mailing list - Yves Demers
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:36:15 -0800
  ...But As soon as I try to let go the clutch pedal I > can hear noise from the transmission. So the transmission is toast...
• Re: 4 speed transmition stuck in fourth
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:39:23 -0700
  ...If a transmission is needed does anyone nearby (Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan) have a known good transmission they could ship to Regina?How much would...
• Re: Transmission/gear lube
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:24:51 -0400
  ...Transmission/gear lube Heavy loads are harder on the clutch than the transmission. I've been a longtime fan of Red Line MT-90...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Transmission NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:59:08 -0700
  ...84 Vanagon Transmission NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just received a call from my local shop telling me that I need a new Transmission: 2nd &3rd gears are...
• Re: Automatic transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:13:12 -0800
  ...It would be good to be able to > preassemble parts based on my original transmission before I get the > present > trans out of the...
• Repair Shops in Georgia/SC - Transmission: No shifting into 3rd or 4th
  Historical mailing list - Paul Smith
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:59:42 -0400
  I have a 1989 Vanagon (Westy) GL, 4 speed manual transmission. Recently while driving, leaving a stop light going to shift from 2nd to...
• can't go forward
  Historical mailing list - Lisa Bloch
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:52:06 -0700
  ...I have reverse gear (automatic transmission), but no forward gears. There's a small transmission leak when the engine is running, but not apparently...
• Re: 1980 starter...man vs auto
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 13:18:13 -0400
  ...Will a starter off an automatic fit >a 1980 with a manual transmission. > >Thanks. > >Don > >1980 vanagon camper >
• Re: automatic transmission 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:05:06 EST
  ...automatic transmission 87 Vanagon Date: 99-03-22 21:02:38 EST From: DeHanschke To: mhawks@ALLTEL.NET Hi Hawk , Your tranny has a...
• Re: NVC- Source for Jetta Transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:44:20 -0500
  ...NVC- Source for Jetta Transmission? Anyone have an idea where I can come across a transmission for a 94 Jetta? Thanks in advance!!! -- Dave...
• Re: Transmission woes - '91 Carat autotranny won't shift into 3rd.
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Tue, 17 May 2016 16:21:00 -0500
  If it's done by the 2 AAMCO's that are near me, they just R&R the transmission. It's sent to one...
• Re: Engine removal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:35:09 -0800
  ...Sort of like a jock strap for > the transmission--it > supports it. Then pull the engine, and the rear of > the transmission will be...
• SA 5-speed transmissions and changing ratios
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 28 May 1999 07:00:53 -0700
  After seeing a thread a couple of weeks ago about South African 5-speed transmissions, I got to wondering about the interchangeability of the...
• Re: Two Automatic Transmission Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:25:24 -0700
  ...Two Automatic Transmission Questions Hi Folks: I need the following info, and informed opinion. (1)What is the approximate shipping weight of a Vanagon...
• Re: Additions and corrections to Technical Transmission Question.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 17 Apr 2016 09:13:29 -0700
  ...Adding the Peloquin TBD The Peloquin is installed in the differential, not in the transmission. So I would not associate tranny problems with the...
• transmission purchase
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 12:36:35 -0400 (EDT)
  I've just bought a 1977 Westfalia that needs its transmission replaced. I plan to purchase a rebuilt and install it myself, but I...
• Rabbit Transmission
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Wed, 20 Dec 2000 07:33:37 -0800
  Problem with an 83 Rabbit 5 speed transmission. Fluid levels OK, linkage adjustment OK, nylon/plastic bushings OK, clutch adjustment OK. Problem is it...
• Transmissions on ebay and seller questions
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:33:16 -0700
  ...Described as rebuilt transmissions. Anyone familiar with West Coast Core? ���������������������������������������� jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional. http://www.tactical-bus...
• Re: rebuilt auto transmission
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:21:23 -0700
  > anyone have advice on good value source for a rebuilt auto transmission > for an '81 Westie (standard engine) please? I am quite happy with...
• Auto tranny cooling
  Historical mailing list - Cox Home Email
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 19:07:25 -0700
  ...Sensor "tee'd" into transmission cooler outlet line back to the transmission. Runs about 185-210 degrees F, but got north of 250 degrees...
• Transmission quits after 310,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:30:36 -0500
  ...The only part I am missing is the control rod which runs from the shifter to the shift arm on the transmission. This should...
• Re: Putting a 2wd transmission into a Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Martin
  Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:59:32 -0500
  ...On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Will Taygan <lists@alaskabiodiesel.org>wrote: > Heresy, I know. > > Will a 2wd transmission pop into...
• ATF leaking & level too high on dipstick - '89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sytsma
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:23:45 -0700
  I've owned my westy for about a month now, and recently noticed a leak coming from the bottom of the transmission (automatic). It...
• Re: Vanagon Transmission swap
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 06:21:29 -0800
  ...I know the transmission > changed, but it possible to swap the 091 transmission from the '85 into my > '87 with the 091/1 (I...
• Re: transmission
  Historical mailing list - Paul N. Oliver
  Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:23:40 -0600
  ...But As soon as I try to let go the clutch pedal I > can hear noise from the transmission. So the transmission is toast...
• Re: Transmission issue
  Historical mailing list - Arlene Sondergaard
  Wed, 13 May 2015 08:13:32 -0700
  ...Transmission issue > > I have a 1987 Wolfsburg Carat tin top > With auto transmission problems. > In the morning when cold, > I start the van in...