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• Re: acceptable transmission leakage?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:11:03 -0500
  Wes, There is no amount of "acceptable leakage" in a automatic transmission because any leakage will eventually leave you stranded somewhere. Tom www.kegkits...
• Re: Transmission Gurus?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:00:15 -0800
  ...Mark Don Hanson wrote: > I know little about transmissions so I'm asking for information from > those who've learned already... > > How does the...
• Transmission leaking oil
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:12:03 -0400
  Hi, I have a Westfalia Syncro 1989 and my transmission is leaking oil from the door that covers the rear gear. I’ve tried...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 9 May 2011 18:32:45 -0700
  You'll have to have your shop R&R the transmission and deliver it to GTA > though... I wonder if the shift points (nomenclature...
• Tranny Interchanges
  Historical mailing list - LARRY DTIMOTHY
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 08:51:35 -0800
  I have an '86 Syncro with a bad transmission which I want to get on the road but I can't invest the bucks...
• SA 5-speed transmission
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Thu, 13 May 1999 16:45:33 -0700
  I'm looking for anyone who has installed the 5-spd SA transmission for tips and tricks about installing this. I'd also be...
• Re: Which Syncro Tranny is better?/ I LOVE MY AUTOMATIC
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 03:02:29 EDT
  In a message dated 4/10/03 4:49:34 PM, boatshop@INTERCOM.NET writes: << Is the automatic or manual Syncro transmission better for...
• Re: AT first gear whine?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 11:45:01 -0400
  ...Mike > Others who have an automatic transmission may be able to tell me if the > whine I hear from the transmission when accelerating in...
• Re: Automatic Transmission Mystery Solved
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:31:47 -0700
  ...He says that a couple months ago they ran short of Vanagon automatic transmissions, so they took a bunch of Audi configured units off...
• Transmission Shop in the North East
  Historical mailing list - genevieve Gratton
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:12:45 -0400
  Hi, My '90 vanagon GL camper needs to have it's automatic transmission reworked/rebuilt. Does anyone on the list know of a good...
• Re: Transmission Gurus?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 20:12:33 -0500
  It is possible that you main transmission housing already has the casting bits to accept the factory locker as used on the Syncros. If...
• Tanrsmission Rebuild ?[via LSMTP - see www.lsoft.com]
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Nov 1997 19:19:57 -0800
  ...1) Could a backyard mechanic rebuild a transmission or is this best left to those with special tools and knowledge? 2) Is a junk...
• Re: Strange noise from 84 manual transmission - what broke?
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:34:09 -0800
  ...Strange noise from 84 manual transmission - what broke? > I would have to second that. looks like you're in for a new clutch this...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 18 May 2003 20:24:25 -0500
  ...you break something, rember you can pull > the engine with the transmission in place, this is > because of these two bolts that hold the...
• Re: Proper Clutch use
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:44:44 -0400
  ...This does not have any positive effect on your transmission, and the constant gear changing may even have an adverse effect on the life...
• Re: Canadian suppliers?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 17:33:50 -0700
  ...If you have > received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender and > destroy the original transmission, attachments, and destroy any hard copies...
• Re: Buying a new manual transmission - considering Go Westy final drive increase
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 19 May 2005 16:45:01 -0600
  ...The cost of the transmission built as described is about $1,950 > after core charges are credited. This doesn't seem terribly out of...
• Re: 81 Manual Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 24 May 2010 17:44:35 -0600
  ...81 Manual Transmission > > >> Dear Vanagon Friends, >> >> as I am new to this community at first a little introduction: >> >> My name is Johannes and I...
• Re: Advice: Got taken by DPO
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 11:13:44 -0700
  ...As damages, you would probably want to ask for the difference in value between what the westy was worth with a bad transmission adn...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:47:28 -0500
  ...Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible? Hi Volks, this is the same message that I wrote 2 days ago, just wanted...
• Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:11:50 -0400
  Are you sure it is the transmission oil cooler, not the engine oil cooler? That one fills the coolant system real fast. Due to...
• Fwd: 93 Eurovan Automatic Transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 27 May 1999 01:55:22 EDT
  ...Those transmissions are junk and will take a dump on you soon. The new 99 VR6 Eurovans have a wonderful reliable transmission in them...
• balky automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:27:10 EST
  ...When she first starts out each morning her automatic transmission refuses to shift into second until she has driven at 10 MPH for five...
• Re: overfilled tranny?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:11:53 -0400
  ...They said that filling the > transmission until the fill level reached about 1 inch below the fill plug > gave better shifting without harming the...
• Attention automatic transmission owners; a little help!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:13:15 -0700
  I wonder if some of you fine folks would be so kind as to go out and check your transmission fluid levels with the...
• My AT is fine, but...
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:42:33 -0500
  ...My '84 Westfalia automatic transmission runs just fine. The van has 114k original miles, and has had very little transmission maintenance, save for an...
• RE: 71 Westy - Alameda, CA - $1,000
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  29 Jun 1995 08:54:22 -0800
  ...And don't forget a spare transmission...and a bug towed behind...and a spare engine and transmission for that... Nonsense. Wherever the camper...
• 85 Vanagon Transmission Seal?
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:13:19 -0500
  ...My FLAPS doesn't show a gasket or seal listed for the transmission. Can any one point me in the right direction? Thanks Leo...
• Re: FW: Re: vanagon 5-speeds
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:10:38 -0700
  >Is this for the entire transaxle, or just the transmission? It seems cheap >for the transaxle. It mentions a $300 trade-in for your...
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:48:54 -0400
  ...Can't figure out why several transmissions aren't staying in second gear. Maybe I'm just lucky. 3 transmissions with 3 bad second...
• Re: Totaled camper van
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:23:44 -0500
  ...If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender and destroy the original transmission, attachments, and destroy any hard copies.
• opps! let the brake fluid reservoir bleed empty
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:21:22 -0500
  ...If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender and destroy the original transmission, attachments, and destroy any hard copies.
• Re: Used / rebuilt auto transmissions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:55:49 -0500
  ...Does anyone have good sources for used or rebuilt transmissions? I live in the SF bay area. My first conversation with an auto transmissions...
• Blown Transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Maurizio Penna
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 05:57:21 PDT
  Hello, The 4-speed manual transmission in my 86 Vanagon is acting up: Initially, the gear box was getting stuck into 3rd or 4th...
• transmission woes ('88 westy with a '98 2.0 L)
  Historical mailing list - Drovdahl, Mark
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 11:59:36 -0700
  Well, I suppose that I wasn't surprised when the transmission on my '88 Westy gave out last week. This after logging nearly 6...
• Re: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Thu, 25 May 2000 15:43:16 -0400
  Just a guess (I have not done a swap "yet"), it sounds like either the input shaft to the transmission may be too long...
• Re: Shipping a transmission cross country - looking for ideas
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:36:53 -0400
  ...jonathan On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, jdbs3@netzero.com wrote: > Any suggestions on the best way to package a transmission for shipping it by...
• re:(3) MSDS
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 21:23:36 -0400
  ...He maintains that syncro >| transmissions have an design flaw that causes failure >| between 80K >| and 140K miles. He described it as a bearing problem...
• WTB: Vanagon Transmission or Parts Car
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 16:55:43 -0500
  Need a 4-speed transmission for an '83+ Water Cooled Vanagon, or will buy an entire Vanagon for parts. Please email me if you...
• Re: Who makes GL-4 transmission oil and why do I need it?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:22:11 EDT
  ...These I believe to be the very additives which can damage bronze parts and are therefore not recommended for manual transmissions. It should be...
• engine converstion
  Historical mailing list - Michel Bertin
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:05:43 -0400
  Talking about unreliable stock engines and transmission I am looking at all possibilities for engine conversion at the present and have an automatic tranny...
• Re: Automatic transmission woes on 84 2WD vANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 06:25:05 -0400
  ...When transmission is warm, transmission operates okay. > > Does above make sense? Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (Collection for sale...
• Re: Auto Transmission Fail (Pics)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:57:52 -0400
  ...Auto Transmission Fail (Pics) > >What's wrong with these pictures (besides being blurry)? > > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/garciasghostvw/TransmissionFail# ><http://picasaweb.google.com/garciasghostvw...
• Re: -80 vanagon with aut. transmission...buy?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 5 May 2000 14:40:54 -0400
  ...transmission...buy? I'm about to buy a -80 Vanagon with automatic transmission The only problem is, according to the owner, that the first...
• Re: porsche 928 s4 engine in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 17:17:15 EST
  In a message dated 3/11/01 2:09:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, JordanVw@AOL.COM writes: << and what transmission do you propose...
• Re: Where can I buy Redline synthetic manual transmission fluid
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:40:45 -0800
  ...hoping that one of our list vendors will > have the proper fluid for a manual transmission 1990 westfalia. Thanks > ? > > David Clarkson > 90 Westy (270k) >
• Auto Tranny vs. Manual?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 11:02:33 +0000
  ...In browsing the prospects, I've run across two late-model (a '90 and a '91) Westy which had automatic transmissions. I've been...
• tranmission oil level
  Historical mailing list - Blue Ridge CycleWorks
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 17:43:17 -0500
  ...My Bentley says that at one point VW decided to use less transmission oil in the 091/1 transmission. Does that apply all the...
• Re: Getting higher compression?
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:04:09 -0800
  ...It's a 4000+ lb vehicle with 90 HP and an automatic transmission. Is > it slower than any other such Westys you've ever...
• Re: How much ATF in Torque Converter
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 21:48:34 -0400
  ...I just put the torque converter on and let the >transmission >fill it as it ran. > >Who rebuilt your transmission? I have a couple...
• Re: 1984 Westphalia Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:35:10 -0400
  ...1984 Westfalia Automatic Transmission The problem is my automatic transmission. I just pulled the Westfalia out of the weeds after 5 years. Got the...
• RE: '84 transmission - are they just crap?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 12:09:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...82 vintage transmissions in an '84 van... > >he said that the former transmissions will last forever!!! >he said that the later transmissions are "CRAP...
• stereo size for vanagon? (was RE: Blaupunkt in Canada?)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Thu, 6 May 2004 15:04:27 -0500
  ...If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender and destroy the original transmission, attachments, and destroy any hard copies.
• Re: Automatic transmission, WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:06:18 -0400
  At 09:43 AM 8/26/2009, Marc Perdue wrote... >So, who the heck designs an automatic transmission that, when the >pedal is to...
• Use of Synthetic Oil in Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Fri, 15 May 1998 00:34:04 -0500
  It is my intention to change the oil in the transmission and front differential of my 86 Syncro. Would synthetic oil be the preferred...
• Auto tranny: adjust or replace?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 23:22:32 -0700
  The automatic transmission in the 84 Westy slips when shifting while climbing, or when downshifting from 3rd to 2nd while going up a grade...
• Re: transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 25 May 2015 11:31:10 -0700
  ...It will also go away if I push in > the clutch pedal. > > The transmission does have a driveshaft decoupler. The sound is unaffected > by...
• Re: Vanagon transmission rebuilders/sources?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Maynard
  Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:23:25 -0700
  Tom Young wrote: > > Hi all: > > A few months ago I reported that the transmission in my '81 ( > 200K > miles) was starting to whine in...
• A general transmission question...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:19:31 -0700
  ...How come (and why is it) that the water-cooled vans have apparently weaker, trouble-prone transmissions compared with the earlier air-cooled vans...
• 251 711 167 E Boot
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:08:17 -0700
  ...Jim Travers Fenton wrote: >http://www.calaboose.com/vanagon/transmission/transmission.html Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:23:50 -0700 From: Travers Fenton...