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• Re: Final drive ratios for AC Vanagons trannys?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 01:11:59 +0200
  KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > Anyone know the final drive ratio for the Aircooled Vanagon manual trannys? Ken, you can find ratios for (almost) all...
• Re: AUTO TRANS
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:17:01 -0800
  ...of the final drive and collecting on the bottom, looking very much like a bad seal between the transmission and final drive. -- John Bange...
• Re: Automatic Trans. problems; Advice Needed!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:19:24 -0700
  ...Fluid Levels in AT and Final Drive > Or it could be that the PO simply overfilled the tranny and never had > any service on...
• Re: ATF and Final Drive
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 07:07:34 -0500
  ...So does the dipstick for the ATF not reflect the level in > > >the final drive? > > > > > >I'm not even sure what the final drive...
• Re: Need AT final drive seal replacement pointers
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 22:12:16 -0500
  ...Need AT final drive seal replacement pointers > coolant to leak into the transmission.
• Re: Final Drive Ratio & Gear Ratio for '90 Syncro-reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:30:39 EST
  ...4.11/2.33/1.47/1.01/.82 That would give you a final drive of 4.86X.82 = 3.9852. There were...
• Install Auto transmission to final drive problem
  Historical mailing list - Dave Szurszewski
  Sun, 28 May 2006 05:13:43 -0700
  ...I've finally come across something I can't find an answer to in the archives. I've dropped the entire drivetrain to do...
• Re: SA 3,2litre WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:46:05 +0200
  PerL, >Click on "die Getriebe", and you'll get a chart >of all gearboxes, albeit without the final drive >ratio! On a different Link...
• free '80 final drive for auto trans
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:46:06 -0500
  I've had a final drive for a 1980 vanagon with automatic transmission, known to be working, in my garage for a long time...
• ATF and final drive fluids
  Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 13:37:40 -0600
  ...How many of you use syn gear lube in the final drive? Please p-mail as I use the digest TIA Fred 89 Westy
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:28:27 -0700
  ...at .85 final drive, that is 4the > gear and not the ring gear ratio. > 806 revs per mile on the spedo, 185x14 Agilis Tries...
• vc install/alignment?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 12:35:23 -0800
  ...Front final drive alignment must be done to ensure driveshaft is installed without distortion." Okay, can anyone tell me what this procedure entails? There...
• Re: 91 Auto Final Drive ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:38:24 -0500
  ...91 Auto Final Drive ? >> >> Two questions, please. Does the final drive have a gasket between the >> pan >> and drive? Bentley looks like there is...
• Re: AT final drive oil sump gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:06:11 -0500
  ...AT final drive oil sump gasket? With the gasket or instead of the gasket? Cya, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET...
• Final Drive from 80 vanagon automatic FS
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 14:23:36 -0500
  In my garage is a final drive (basically a differential) for an 80 vanagon with automatic transmission. It actually belongs to another listmember, but...
• Auto trans final drive oil question.
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:52:27 -0800
  ...Is it the same with the final drive in automatics? If not, how does one put the correct ammount of gear oil in there...
• Re: AUTO TRANS
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 09:59:10 -0800
  ...I did want to write and say that all seems well in my final drive. There was no hint of auto fluid in the...
• Yeeeeeehaaaawwww!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 28 May 2000 19:59:44 -0400
  ...I haven't driven too many cars that moved me this way. I think I'm finally beginning to understand what drives you all...
• vc install/alignment?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:17:56 -0800
  ...Front final drive alignment must be done to ensure driveshaft >is installed without distortion." > >Okay, can anyone tell me what this procedure entails? There...
• Re: ATF filter: urban legend?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:08:26 -0500
  The AT and the final drive do NOT share the same fluid, at least they aren't supposed to. When the seal between them...
• Replacing seal between automatic & final
  Historical mailing list - Robert Johnson
  Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:39:45 +0000
  Good evening all, Does anyone have any experience with changing the seal between the automatic transmission and the final drive? Or can lead me...
• Re: driving without syncro driveshaft.
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:37:25 -0700
  ...is there anything > i need to do after removing the driveshaft besides retightening the > mounting bolt of front final drive and the side bolts...
• ATF level too high - cause?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:18:14 -0500
  ...I am planning on changing the fluid in the transaxle, including the final drive and switching them over to synthetic at the end of...
• Re: Automatic Transmission alternatives..help
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 18:52:25 -0600
  Jeff Birk wrote: > So I've done all the checks on my AT and I believe the seal is gone between > the final drive...
• Clueless........cont'd!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Vic Ahmed
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 02:39:25 EDT
  ...replacing both drive-shafts, all wheel bearings, auto trans and final drive service, checking the drive flanges on the final drive for tightness, etc...
• Re: Automatic Transmission sometimes has to wake up...
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:02:21 -0700
  ...Doesn't it usually happen the other way 'round? With the AT unit running a hydraulic pump and the final drive passively wallowing in...
• Looking for parts/help
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Wed, 6 May 1998 17:08:04 -0600
  I'm looking for 090 507 215 This is the pan gasket for the auto final drive. I'm still in search of the...
• Re: Vanagon Transmission/Transaxle? (No gun content)
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:56:20 EST
  ...I don't think that you have aproblem with the bearing in the final drive. A second posibility is that the air bleeder on...
• Syncro Gear ratios
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:10:16 -0700
  ...4th: "differential" or final drive: The Bentley says something like 5.42 as a final drive, but I understand this may be incorrect. Anyone...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 20 May 2016 21:02:46 -0400
  ...The whole shebang weighs about 150lbs if I remember correctly, with 90lbs being the final drive section. Floor jack, take your time, and using...
• Re: ATF Oil Cooler ?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 07:48:56 -0500
  It can mean the seal between the trans and the final drive has gone bad, and the atf is going into the final drive...
• Re: starter spins, doesn't engage?/Bentley question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 16:26:39 -0400
  ...After three visits back to the rebuilder they finally replaced the final drive and bushing (internal, the 90 auto does not have an external...
• Re: How much ATF in Torque Converter
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:21:36 -0400
  You can take the trans and final drive out and leave the engine in. I am still not sure if you can leave the...
• Re: Install Auto transmission to final drive problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 May 2006 09:45:47 -0400
  ...Install Auto transmission to final drive problem Hello, I've been reading the list since last Nov. when I bought my Westy. I've...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Fri, 20 May 2016 16:57:58 -0700
  I called it the "final drive", it's also called the transaxle, or the differential. It is a separate entity from the "transmission", although...
• Automatic / Final Drive Seperation
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Wood
  Mon, 6 Oct 2014 19:07:13 -0500
  While do some maintenance last weekend, I noticed my automatic was seeping a bit of fluid where it joins the final drive. I had...
• AUTO TRANS
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 08:09:04 -0800
  ...One, what is the quantity of gear oil held in an '85 automatic final drive? Two, are those back to back seals in the...
• Re: Yeeeeeehaaaawwww!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 28 May 2000 22:51:36 -0500
  ...I haven't driven too many cars that moved me >this way. I think I'm finally beginning to understand what drives you >all...
• Re: Install Auto transmission to final drive problem
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 28 May 2006 09:12:54 -0400
  ...You may need to separate the final drive from the engine so that you can get all the shafts engaged. It's pretty easy...
• Final Drive flange seals
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 12 May 2019 21:57:11 -0400
  91 Vanagon Auto 2.1 This weekend I replaced the final drive flange seals. The new seals didn't seem too tight around the...
• Re: 84 Automatic Final Drive Rebuilder?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Oct 2003 09:14:13 -0500
  ...84 Automatic Final Drive Rebuilder? The final drive in my 84 1.9l automatic went dry and is now whining. The ATF and gear...
• Re: 90 Vanagon Automatic Starter Saga Continues.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:01:04 -0500
  ...The final drive was missing two of the 10 balls that carry it in the case flutes. There was a little bit of play...
• Re: Auto tranny rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 06:44:42 -0400
  ...The only tolerance issues I >recall have to do with how the trans joins the final drive. If the >final drive has not been...
• 84 Automatic Final Drive Rebuilder?
  Historical mailing list - Binns Handy
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 06:49:01 -0400
  The final drive in my 84 1.9l automatic went dry and is now whining. The ATF and gear lubes have not started mixing...
• Re: Auto Tranny question...slipping,shudder
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 14:36:55 EST
  My guess is that you are "passing fluids" from the final drive into the ATF (a common problem) The heavier gear lube creates havoc...
• Re: AT final drive oil sump gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:04:17 -0800
  ...AT final drive oil sump gasket? > The length of the screws in not the only thing VW changed. The replacement > screws have a larger...
• Automatic Transmission Mystery Solved
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:48:31 -0700
  Finally figured out why I was getting anegative number (and a BIG negative at that) when calculating the end play between the final drive...
• 90 GL-WTB: Power Window/Lock Actuators
  Historical mailing list - VW Vanagon
  Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:28:48 -0700
  ...Down to two final parts: -Driver side power window actuator -Driver side power door lock actuator (need to find both used, but in good...
• Re: Final Drive Plug Size?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 4 May 1998 19:57:26 -0700
  ...0600, you wrote: >Does anyone know the allen size of the final drive filler plug? I currently >don't have this larger size and...
• Re: Yeeeeeehaaaawwww!!!!... 12 step program
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 28 May 2000 20:54:08 -0700
  ...I haven't driven too many cars that moved me > >this way. I think I'm finally beginning to understand what drives you > >all...
• Re: 5 speed transmission for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:33:17 -0400
  ...But without putting in something at least as tall as the 4.86 final drive from the WBX trans, those of us looking to...
• 83.5 Westy; Automatic; Replacing Differential (Final Drive) Pan G asket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rissman
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 16:58:45 -0700
  I am replacing my gasket for the differential (Final Drive) on my 83.5 Westy Automatic (160,000 Miles) because its starting to leak...
• Re: ATF leaking & level too high on dipstick - '89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:34:48 -0500
  ...He said, if the ATF >level is too high, check the oil level in the final drive. How do I check >the oil level...
• Re: New Weddle 5 Speed Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:25:02 -0700
  I think having more gears within roughly the same final drive helps drive-ability. Coupling that with a slightly lower final drive helps drop...
• vanagons days numbered?
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:19:47 -0700
  I don't like to play politics, however this could adversely impact our choice to drive these aging German boxcars we love so much...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:00:41 -0500
  ...Final drive on a ACW code type 091/1 is 4.83 Final drive on a DX (diesel 5 Speed) is 5.428, also...
• Re: Any tricks for priming oil pump?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 14:39:52 -0700
  ...Finally I made a drive shaft to fit into distributor drive hole (dist. removed). Spinning the driveshaft with power drill turned the pump and...
• Re: final drive cover leaking
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:07:55 -0800
  ...final drive cover leaking > Thanks for the replies. > Guess I'll drain it, clean it up, replace cover with "the Right Stuff" and > refill...
• ATF leaking & level too high on dipstick - '89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sytsma
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:23:45 -0700
  ...He said, if the ATF level is too high, check the oil level in the final drive. How do I check the oil level...
• Re: leaky auto transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 20 May 2008 07:34:52 -0700
  ...Change ATF and final drive gear oil while you are at it. To seal up good, replace the: seal between a/t and final...