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• Re: Auto trans woes in a '90 Carat...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 14:00:27 -0600
  ...of the torque converter and runs all the way thru the final drive to power the main pump in the AT. If the pump...
• 2WD Fuel Filler neck parts / Saddle Tank install tips
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:57:47 -0400
  Well I think I am finally going to get around to installing the saddle tank (under the sliding door) in my syncro. But I...
• 91 VANARU
  Historical mailing list - mat christensen
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:09:56 -0700
  Finaly got a 2.5 subaru in my christmas miracle (91 auto camper w/90k no rust for 1200.00 in december).Hans atcher...
• Re: Audi / Golf and Vanagon auto transmissions ARE the same!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 23:52:28 EST
  ...09 2.65 1.59 1.0 1.80 Note the final drive is NOT interchangeable. >> Of course...the next logical question is..... DOES...
• Re: lack of power when cold
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:44:03 -0700
  ...Sort of sounds like a AT >>or >>final drive issue (91 GL with A/C and AT) since the engine is >> >> >responding > > >>and >>the...
• Re: Vendors Come Through(DVW & Bus Depot)(no serious VC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:29:59 -0800
  DVW Don, You already know that we drive vanagons, therefore you should just send each of us, all cooling, electrical, drivetrain, exhaust, suspension, westfalia...
• Re: 82 VW Vanagon oil spray
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:25:42 -0400
  ...A good condition drivetrain > (e.g. exact wheel alignment, good bearings and CV's etc) with > the 5.43 final drive ratio can do...
• Re: Procedure: Replacing Trans Final Drive Seals
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 10:49:27 -0500
  ...drive flange > a long 10mm x 1.5 bolt, and nut. > >The drive flange oil seals live in the transmission, inboard >of the drive...
• Re: Final Drive Allen Size
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:35:57 -0500
  Thanks. Seems that stopped me today so lit the BBQ. BTW-What's up with Katy?(just bcuz your screen name says it). Thanks...
• Clutch problems?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stanway
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:18:22 +0000
  ...After lots of stick wiggling and a few crunches I finally made it home - too late to take a look. Any advice? The clutch...
• Updated pics of my Stretch Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:07:23 -0400
  If anyone is interested I finally finished my Stretch Vanalong and I updated my web site with current pictures. I started the project in...
• Re: Trip Report (WA/OR)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:41:36 -0700
  ...It was a real joy to drive in spite of some cross winds. (they did make my Westy wiggle) Cheers, Neil. On Fri, Sep...
• Caveat Emptor, or: So You're Buying a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 06:25:39 -0500
  Well, I've finally saved up what I hope is enough money to close the deal, and am soon to meet the (owners of...
• Van dies while coming to a stop
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mund
  Sun, 16 May 2010 06:48:41 -0600
  ...I make the dash to my house and as I'm slowing down to pull in the driveway she stalls again. Try to start...
• New bus! 82 Westy! (and questions!:) (and upcomming trip, too..)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sun, 24 May 1998 15:27:45 -0400
  ...Mom finally found her a bus. 82 Westy, Better than Excellent condition, throughout. I've driven and worked on 98's in worse shape...
• Fwd: VOLKSWAGON vs ROLLS
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 22:28:58 +1300
  ...About two weeks later, the job is finally >done and he picks up his car and drives all over town looking for >the Volkswagon...
• Re: My auto transmission troubles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:45:46 -0400
  ...Can you point me to where it is supposed to be? The one on the final drive is fine. My linkage adjustment and kickdown...
• Cleaning CV
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:45:34 -0400
  I finally got to starting the clutch replacement on Gertie ('85, 1.9) When I got the axles removed fromt he trans I discovered...
• Re: transmission, final drive oil level
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:53:25 -0700
  On 3/30/10, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > ...Therefore the lubricant needs to be changed > out periodically to replace the broken molecular...
• Re: driving legal
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 17 May 2001 15:13:30 -0400
  ...driving legal hey folks, ive finally gotten my westie legal(registered and title transfered), after owning and driving it for nine months. feels amazing...
• SOLVED - brighter vanagon lights
  Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:17:21 -0700
  I finally did my homework in the archives, as admittedly I should have done in the first place and did find the needed info...
• Fuel Starved ?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Kasher
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 19:22:11 -0500
  ...lower RPM unitl about 60 seconds where it finally dies. If I try to drive it acts starved for gas and will die. Replaced...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 1 Feb 2008 to 2 Feb 2008 - Special issue (#2008-156)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:47:54 -0800
  ...And now bURNINGvAN stuff and computer too > > According to my transmission manual the final drive on the Vanagon > auto is > cast in a 'light...
• Re: yetten udder Phrydaye Phloppe ..er, Phollie ...something ...
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 23:38:40 -0500
  ...Lord Tennisbum oil changed, a tank of gas, the engine reving free, release the brake, and off we go,alas, the final drive for...
• Re: Automatic vs. 4 Speed Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:21:38 -0400
  ...Not so for the final drive part.I hear that the trans cooler will clog up and blow out.The auto trans is the...
• Late Late Friday but fit's a thread from last week: Volkswagen/Rolls?
  Historical mailing list - Eric and Marica
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 23:26:12 -0600
  ...About two weeks later, the job is finally done and he picks up his carand drives all over town looking for the Volkswagen. He...
• Re: Stuck in 4th - Final Answer + more questions
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:26:49 -0700
  Chris, If you need the van (sounds like you do) as your daily driver, get a tranny from a wrecking yard, listmember, etc., and...
• Re: auto trans final drive
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:46:53 -0700
  ...auto trans final drive > > > > Awesome! Thanks. Does it help to use a funnel or no? > > > > > > ~Annie >
• Servicing Auto Trans in '81
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:22:11 -0700
  ...I rev the engine, and there is a moment before it "catches." Haynes says the oil in the final drive is permanent and there...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 20:46:12 -0700
  ...Thanks for any > >advice/input/feedback/links/etc..... > > > >-- > >Chris > >88 Vanagon GL (daily driver) > >87 Westfalia (in progress) > > > > > > > > -- Chris 88 Vanagon GL (daily driver...
• Re: Seals on automatic differential
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:05:43 -0700
  There are seals that seal the differential from the gearbox, and there are seals that seal the final drive. Which ones do you refer...
• Re: 27x8.5-14's
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:39:54 -0700
  ...27x8.5-14's > Hello, > I am considering mounting the above sized tires on my '82 Westy (steel > wheels) to lower my final drive...
• auto tranny part needed
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:23:57 -0600
  ...It's one of the 2 seals between the final drive and the tranny in an '84. I ordered 2 from Camelback and asked...
• Re: Automatic Transmission alternatives..help
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 06:41:40 EST
  ...is the same and can be interchanged..this is NOT the final drive, however..that has a forward pinion bearing and seals that need...
• horn ring (no global warming content)
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:17:11 -0600
  I finally got to see "Little Miss Sunshine" last week and had a good laugh as the family headed down the highway with the...
• Re: auto trans final drive
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 07:54:48 -0700
  make sure you get the tranny good and hot... drive up a big hill once or twice after it's already at operating temp...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Rob Wilke: Re: Bad Vibrations from Aug/97]
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 07:38:26 -0400
  On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Randolph Feuerriegel wrote: > Hi Eric > > Do you know what actually happened to your front final drive ? Was it > the...
• Re: ok, what kinda trip miles are you all logging in your vans?
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 23:45:45 EST
  ...It seems that I use it exclusively as my daily driver (other "daily driver"-1971 MGB awaits body work from black ice incident) and...
• Most Toys
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 11:05:27 -0400
  ...59 Single Cab--nice daily driver 59 Double Door Panel--the project no one thinks I will finish 60 Double Door Standard--will begin...
• Re: Fun with UPS--DON'T USE THEM.
  Historical mailing list - - Melissa Puckett
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:05:11 EDT
  ...I called complainedabout the drives to no avail. Finally i told one of my family members what was happening because we dont use our...
• Re: The Blue Star
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 7 Nov 2012 21:15:10 -0500
  ...wrote: > Or is it Bluestar, or BlueStar? Whatever, it is finally in my driveway > tonight. Brought it home with a rental truck and tow...
• '80 Vanagon Shift Rod Adjust
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 16:22:06 -0500
  ...Tried to adjust shift rod per Bentley, now will not shift out of what I belive to be 3rd.Question,finally, does this sound...
• Lock-up converter available for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 03:29:06 -0600
  ...that can be used in Vanagons have lock-up torque converters? 2) Is it possible to change Vanagon automatic transmission final drive ratios? John
• electrical troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Ellringer
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 12:25:03 -0500
  ...A few weeks before nostart, there were random occurrences of an electrical clicking sound from beneath or near the drivers seat. The e-brake...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 23:48:23 -0500
  ...320156285149 EBAY Chris Lisica wrote: >Volks, > >After purchasing my wife's 87 Westy project, I'm finally getting started. I >knew the heads were...
• Re: Fire Extinguisher locations in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:11:22 -0800
  ...driver of the Vanagon doesn't notice the fire as they drive down the road... what they notice is the engine running ruff... finally...
• Re: Transmission whine
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:20:01 -0600
  ...off the pedal. > I assume it's the final drive pinion gear (?). If I drive uphill at 70 > next to a concrete median divider...
• Re: Anyone shipped an auto trans?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:16:26 -0500
  ...Box 1, Final Drive, 64 lbs, $38.04 Box 2, Torque Converter, 22 lbs, $17.74 Box 3, Transmission, 90 lbs, $52.44 Shipped...
• FS Power mirrors, front air dam...
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 00:33:15 -0600
  ...And finally - Happy New Year. Drive safe and thanks for helping me out in the past twelve months! AB
• Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 7 May 2000 22:31:44 -0700
  Folks on this list tend to bash the vehicle they've chosen to drive for reliability issues. This is something I do not understand...
• Re: Looking for a tranny
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:09:08 -0400
  What is wrong with the transmission? Unless there is a problem with the final drive repairing the automatic is usually easy and inexpensive. If...
• Rear Brake Part needed
  Historical mailing list - tim
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:09:11 -0400
  Hello all, I am finally getting ready to swap my Subie motor from my trusty rusty 1985 Weekender to my new trusty 1985 weekender...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - New Year's resolution - AFM
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:24:52 -0500
  ...s resolution - AFM It's time to finally fix my "hunting idle" on my vanagon..... I drive this van daily but it's idle...
• Re: Unstick Lock Key Holes?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Oct 1996 20:50:48 -0400
  My 85 had the same problem. Drivers side intermittent & passengers frozen. I squirted WD-40 and other assorted chemicals into the lock semi-religiously...
• Re: jack under driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Mon, 25 May 1998 16:19:37 -0400
  ...Perhaps the only sensible place to put it IS under the bench seat. *sigh* thanks...david -- David Raistrick '69 Westy-Itchigo keen@finally.atlasta...
• Oil pressure with Mystery oil
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 05:53:45 -0700
  ...I put Marvel Mystery Oil in the Vanagon two weeks ago and have not driven it much since. Finally got around to driving it...
• [Diesel] Timing Belt Rubbing Against Edge of Pulley...
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 13:10:49 -0500
  ...squared on both sides when I finally pulled it off after 60K... I will eventually get to drive and enjoy this thing, I swear...
• Re: Driveline noise under load ??
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:24 -0500
  ...Then in a big parking lot, > pull the steering wheel to the stops and drive in a tight circle, first > one way, then the...
• Download Technicial Bulletin Blues
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:06:52 -0700
  ...When she did turn over, she stalled as soon as I tried to drive. Finally, I ended up blocking a parking lot. At least...
• Fwd: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:28:17 -0700
  ...Finally the plug/coil wires were replaced and that finally did the trick. To be honest, I have no idea how old the plug...