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Re: VDO Transmission PRESSURE gauge...anyone used one on a 2.1L AT???
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:27:56 -0400
...Edward At 04:24 PM 7/21/2003, you wrote: >Hello All: > >I've been working on rigging up a VDO Transmission >Temperature gauge...
Re: Transmission Problem
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Mon, 5 Sep 2005 21:23:43 -0500
...It can be removed and cleaned w/o removing the transmission from the van. Larry A. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 22...
5sp transmission rebuild?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:07:38 -0700
...I'm a bit gun-shy about having a strange business dismantle my transmission with a "blank check".... "We'll look at it, and...
Oil leak betweem engine adn transmission
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Mon, 4 Feb 2002 17:28:54 -0800
...The oil seems to be coming from where the engine meets the transmission. This leak was there before I switched to the synthetic oil...
Re: Please Help! 4-Speed Transmission problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 18 Aug 2002 17:22:37 -0400
...Please Help! 4-Speed Transmission problem Volks: I have a problem with the 4-speed manual transmission on "Miss Blue" my '87 GL Weekender...
Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:39:16 -0500
...Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible? > Why not put a complete TDI driveline in there sideways? Modify the drive > shafts to...
Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:51:30 -0800
...Quite simply, I can't get the transmission to mate with > the > > 1.9 engine; there is some mechanical obstruction. I think I'm...
Re: On Transmission Ratios, Diesels, Conversions and Fish
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Thu, 25 Oct 2001 00:42:19 EDT
...Or have they been corrected for transmission gearing and the radius of the wheel? The torque output of the 1.6L NA Vanagon Diesel...
re.subject: 3 - 4 syncro hub repair????
Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
Sat, 8 Jun 2002 09:20:23 -0600
...transmission. >I believe that it is the all to common 3rd-4th gear syncro hub. >Has anyone done this repair them selves? Yes, I...
Re: Determine if new pilot bearing needs replacement?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 4 Oct 2017 19:47:01 -0700
...The Mk3 automatic and manual transmission cars both have provision in the engine crank for a pilot bearing. Makes total sense though; why make...
Re: Smoking Transmission?
Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
Thu, 28 Sep 1995 07:07:15 -0700 (PDT)
...I wasn't aware of any chromosomal differences in transmissions. This must have been a feature added in Vanagons--I couldn't find any...
Core charge for Vanagon Transmission?
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Sat, 8 Mar 1997 09:04:23 -0600 (CST)
...Core charge for Vanagon Transmission? > >Hi all: > >I bought a transmission at a wreaking yard yesterday, but since I'm >not going to pull...
Re: re EV Transmission fluid change
Historical mailing list - Stanley, Roderick (strg)
Tue, 28 Oct 1997 05:03:37 -0800
...re EV Transmission fluid change > > >I have 96,000 miles on my '93 EV MV and am interested in changing the > >transmission fluid to...
Re: Loosing transmission oil
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:42:32 -0700
...I have Total Transmission Gear 7 (80W-90) syntec oil in the tranny. Is there a gasket maker I should be using? > Best regards.
WBX Tranny into Air cooled. WBX Still Too Long.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:13:21 -0700
...I'm in the middle of swapping a WBX transmission into my '81. Even with Isolater bit flipped, WBX transmission 9/16" too long...
transmission fill plug
Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 14:42:57 -0600
Ok, so now I feel a litte bit silly, but I can't find the transmission fill plug on my 84 vanagon. The picture...
Looking for good used Automatic transmission shift cable
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:43:50 -0400
I have a customer that is looking for the cable that goes from the front shifter lever to the side of the transmission on...
Loosing transmission oil
Historical mailing list - Gilles H Turmel
Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:10:39 -0400
...I have Total Transmission Gear 7 (80W-90) syntec oil in the tranny. Is there a gasket maker I should be using? Best regards.
Eurovan price dropping
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sat, 7 Jun 2014 08:07:50 -0700
...New transmission recently. Great van to restore. Gas engine, automatic transmission. $600 firm. View on richmond.craigslist.org Preview by Yahoo Stephen
WTB 4 spd. transmission : 81 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Lon Herman
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:13:05 -0400 (EDT)
upon removal of my 81 westie's transmission to replace clutch, input shaft was discovered to be banged up. trans. rebuilders in my part...
Re: transmission oil change
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Thu, 26 Jun 1997 20:03:54 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Dave wrote: > I took out my transmission oil drain plug and there are little metal = > filings stuck to magnetic...
Manual Transmission fluid fill
Historical mailing list - George Chapman
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 16:29:21 -0700
...somewhat encumbered by the shift mechanism on the side of the transmission. Or is this a pressure (pump) fill task? Insight, tricks, don't...
Re: reliability of Vanagon automatic transmission ?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:11:13 EDT
...If I was buying for me, I would have bought a manual transmission model which I did test drive. >> umm, i take it you...
Re: Transmissions on ebay and seller questions
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:20:50 -0500
...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: [vanagon] vanagon trivia..who can answer this???
Historical mailing list
Fri, 13 May 2005 12:05:55 EDT
In a message dated 5/13/05 11:59:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, n6mod@milewski.org writes: > > why do automatic transmission vanagons have...
Talk to me about AT's!
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:53:37 -0700
...If Mellow Yellow had a manual transmission, I'd think nothing of downshifting to second or even first gear as needed to keep the...
Re: transmission 4 speed
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:16:54 -0700
The gas transmission is not a direct bolt-in replacement for the diesel model. At a minimum, you will have to install a diesel...
Re: small car VW engine conversion
Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:51:57 -0600
...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: Auto transmission not shifting question
Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:57:14 -0700
...A little way from home I noticed that the transmission had not shifted into third gear even though we were moving at 38,000...
Re: Transmission Shop in the North East
Historical mailing list - Dennis
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:20:36 -0400
...Transmission Shop in the North East Hi, My '90 vanagon GL camper needs to have it's automatic transmission reworked/rebuilt. Does anyone on...
Re: WTB: Transmission (good or bad) that fits in an '87 Vanagon 2.1L
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Wed, 7 Dec 2011 19:14:01 +0000
...My options are: > >>> > >>> - Get the old transmission fixed/rebuilt > >>> - Get a working used transmission and replace the old one with it > >>> - Get a non...
transmission shifting
Historical mailing list - Don Williams
Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:12:19 -0700
...With the last transmission I had, I wanted to check to see whether it was the transmission, or the linkage. So I un-hooked...
Fwd: My 1967 VW bus Transmission
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:46:39 -0700
Friend of mine's experience with a SLC transmission shop. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus Begin forwarded message: > From: HARRY RISLEY <theris2...
Opinions on Auto trannys
Historical mailing list - Merrag
Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:51:29 EST
...and what the general reliabilty of the transmissions are. I'd rather be looking at a standard shift Vanagon, but this thing is looking...
Re: CV joint repair
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 1 Jan 2004 07:59:35 -0600
...The inner CV joints bolt to flanges which exit the sides of the transmission. When you have the a CV joint unbolted and moved...
Re: Transmission fell off
Historical mailing list - James Felder
Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:54:12 -0600
...Engine and transmission fell out on the road, captured more or less by the rear body metal. Walked to a nearby house and borrowed...
Re: replaced tranny but no move. What next?
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:31:35 -0800
...because the TC and transmission live on either side of the differential, but it's actually filled by the transmission through the spaces between...
Trans fluid: GL-5 vs. GL-4 vs. synthetic
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:11:02 -0400 (EDT)
Some of us have decided not to put Synthetic GL-5 transmission oil in our transmissions as a result of information in the manual...
Re: TransX
Historical mailing list - The Henrys
Fri, 8 Oct 1999 18:46:03 +0000
...In my younger, much more impoverished days, I had a 1972 AMC Hornet station wagon that developed the same transmission misbehavior as your van...
Transmission slipping?
Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:07:11 -0400
Hi all, So my '87 Westy is acting strangely and I assume its a transmission problem. Its going really high on RPMs intermittently when...
Re: Transmission woes - '91 Carat autotranny won't shift into 3rd.
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Wed, 18 May 2016 09:20:35 -0400
...They guy had plenty of experience rebuilding Audi 5000 transmissions in the 90s which were basically the same as our Vanagon auto boxes. He...
Re: Automatic transmission, WTF?
Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:27:47 -0600
...Automatic transmission, WTF? >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Marc: >>>>> >>>>> I had my transmission rebuild recently by German transaxle, who also >>>>> installed the Peloquin limited slip or torque biasing...
Re: Inline 4 - new transmission
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Wed, 30 May 2007 16:55:53 -0400
...4th? > I've an 1800 Jetta engine, a DK transmission. > I'm replacing the transmission and I'm wondering if the A&A regeared...
Re: Subie Transmissions to Vanagon Conversion
Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 14:47:16 -0700
...Surely they result in a > Subie-engine/transmission combo to totally replace the Vanagon WBX and > Tranny. > > Anyone have experience? > > John >
Re: Transmission in Portland
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:14:29 -0700
...Scott southern oregon On 9/27/2013 8:16 AM, Sondergaard, Arlene wrote: > Has anyone had work done by a good transmission shop > in...
RE: Transmission Popping out of 1st
Historical mailing list
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:34:14 -0600
...James >I have an 84 Vanagon who's transmission just started popping out >of 1st gear during hard deceleration. Has anyone every run into...
5 speed vanagon transmission
Historical mailing list - Jim Oliver
Sat, 2 May 1998 12:29:18 -0600
The transmission in my 87 Westy is about to go. In searching for a rebuilt, the only one I've been able to find...
a happy ending
Historical mailing list - susan hafler
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 15:53:10 PDT
hello, listees, the saga of the broken transmission seems to have reached a happy conclusion. i decided to have my trusty mechanic rebuild the...
Bearing noise
Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
Mon, 7 Apr 2003 04:35:22 -0700
1983.5 1.9 H2O Manual transmission. I have what sounds like a wheel bearing noise from rear or van -it's noticeable above...
Re: Rusting Transmission Housing
Historical mailing list - Brien K Dews
Sun, 14 Mar 2004 18:06:37 -0500
...Rusting Transmission Housing > Rust is Indiana's State Color! > > Pete > '87 Westy > "Joe's Van" > > > > Don in Arizona - what's rust again???? :-) >
torque converter, 83.5 and 87 interchangable
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:23:09 -0700
...I haven't dropped my transmission yet to inspect the plates, but I'm lining up the parts I suspect that I'll need...
Underside of tranmission housing glazing.
Historical mailing list - Jean-Woo Kim
Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:32:45 -0700
The underside of the manual transmission and the bell housing on my 87 Westy is completely coated with shiny and thick black stuff. It...
Torque Converter seal install
Historical mailing list - Chris Hawkins
Thu, 7 Jun 2007 07:28:13 -0400
Folks, Some collective advice please...presently the differential and transmission are removed from my 91 Westy to preventively replace the usual seals etc. Since...
FS:manual transmission $150.00
Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
Fri, 16 May 2008 11:15:46 -0400
I'm posting this for a friend please contact him with any questions For sale manual transmission from a 85 or 86 vanagon $150...
Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:18:21 -0400
...HP remains > constant through a transmission (neglecting frictional loss). More gears in > a transmission allows one to keep the engine running closer to it...
Oil leak
Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:52:52 -0500
...When the transmission was rebuilt I asked the shop to replace the seal while the transmission was out. They said it wasn't the...
Thank you
Historical mailing list - Dave
Wed, 18 Jun 1997 00:42:56 -0500
Thanks for all of your replies regarding the transmission oil change, I = think I'll try the 17mm bolt and nut. I do have...
double leak day: transmission oil and coolant
Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:11:39 -0700
...is there any tool that can tighten the plug without removing the transmission? and is it very bad for the transmission to have lost...
Re: Need good Westy Auto Trans shop in SE Michigan
Historical mailing list - Matt Wolaver
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:17:23 -0400
...You do not need a Vanagon Specific >> transmission shop. Almost any transmission shop that services and rebuilds >> automatic transmission should be able to work...
Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Sun, 16 Oct 2005 08:53:13 -0700
This is what I have discovered, in my sample of 3 transmissions in two vans: '82 Diesel with stock DZ 4 speed - use passenger...