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• Re: GL-4 vs GL-5 Some more good reading!
  Historical mailing list - paul guard
  Fri, 8 Jan 2016 05:06:59 +0000
  ...calls "insignificant") 10mm hypoid offset, as found in BOTH Porsche & VW transaxles: "In order to fit a compact transmission with the requisite features in...
• Re: Westy and Porsche 911 engine in same estate sale--Georgia
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 1 Apr 2014 16:03:01 -0700
  I'd be particularly interested in the Porsche transaxle they're also selling. You could combine all three for a pretty sweet setup. On...
• Re: Transaxle tool
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:12:01 -0600
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• Manual Tranny Oil
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:16:35 -0800
  ...products for hypoid gears, making it completely unsuitable for Vanagon/T3 transaxles. So its Swepco 201 or 210, depending on your engine/power level...
• Re: '85 Westy w/ 211,000 miles for $7500
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:21:50 -0700
  ...My daily driver '84 GL has ~115,000 on the original engine and transaxle and still runs very well. That's also only the...
• Re: Synthetic gear oil recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sat, 21 Nov 1998 03:20:37 EST
  ...the later 091 gearboxes are now fully moly-coated and VW switched to their 'flavor' of synthetic GL4. -Todd Hill VolksWerks Transaxles Olympia, WA
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:04:28 EST
  In a message dated 1/16/02 9:21:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, flub@ADELPHIA.NET writes: << Anyone done it? I'm in...
• Re: 4th Gear Ratio Swaps?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:15:45 -0800
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle Duvall, WA. (Seattle area) (425) 788-4070 1-877-377-0773 aatransaxle.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Harvey" <jtharvey2@HOTMAIL...
• Re: 4 speed hard to shift when warm
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:58:58 -0500
  ...If you can shift fine, with the engine off, this is > it! Start taking the transaxle out, or risk damaging it also. Another classic...
• List Tips WAS: Daryl Christensen/AA Transaxle's goodbye message
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Thu, 31 May 2012 07:22:18 -0800
  There are (at least) two very good guides to surviving this somewhat-high-volume vanagon list, both for reading and for posting. It's...
• Re: idea?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 25 Oct 2013 07:35:27 -0500
  ...Evaporating coil and fans, the auxiliary heater area for compressor and transaxle area for condensing coil? Possibly using the front 4-6" of the...
• Re: Install a 5 speed syncro tranny in my 2WD Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:42:45 -0800
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "aatransaxle" <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, January...
• Re: Bearing Replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 5 Oct 2022 13:41:28 -0500
  ...My transaxle has 250,000 miles on it. I'm starting to think transmission rebuild along with everything else. The thing has leaks as...
• Re: Large parts transport
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:47:16 -0800
  ...trans .. > needs to go from Meford , OR to Daryl's AA Transaxle near Seattle. > > thanks for any help ! > scott > www.turbovans.com > and Ben...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:02:26 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle 425-788-4070 "On the cutting edge of Old technology" 86 Syncro Westy w/Turbo Zetec in the trunk 90...
• Re: Looking for a Torque Converter
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Thu, 27 May 2010 17:59:51 -0700
  I recently bought a rebuilt one from Ken at German Transaxle of America in Bend OR, and it's purple! (More of a lavender...
• Re: Converting to electric?
  Historical mailing list - William Duff
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 11:23:08 DST
  ...It had a standard issue DC Advance Co electric motor bolted to the transaxle. They built a subfloor to keep the batteries low. A...
• Re: 84 vanagon. Push on clutch and does not move
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:17:24 -0400
  ...The bolts that hold the slave cly on to the transaxle had both fallen out. When this happens, the slave extends itself al the...
• Re: what about any 4 speed automatics?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:42:38 -0400
  ...Both are longitudinal transaxles, and both come from VAG. The cases probably differ, but I'll bet the guts are the same. If a...
• Re: Diesel Power
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:47:38 +1200
  ...need the flywheel and >bellhousing (flywheel/clutch housing) from a diesel transaxle. I >thought only the motor mount bracketing need to be customized. > >Am...
• Re: Suddenly it won't ...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:52:10 -0500
  ...Of course remember that a used transaxle might have the same time bomb in it; tick, tick, tick..... Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Mon, 1 Jan 2018 23:39:21 -0600
  ...Steve. > David Boan wrote: > I had my transaxle rebuilt a few years ago at German Transaxle, and did the "super-differential" upgrade. I dont...
• Re: Vanablog (help)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:47:03 -0700
  ...In his position (given that he has/can get the money to do it), I'd get a rebuilt auto section from German Transaxle...
• Re: AA Transaxle?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:12:18 -0800
  Watch out the mice will be living in it next! Daryl and Matt stored our van for about five months one winter and when...
• tunnel-to split conversion, sadness
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Sat, 21 Jan 1995 11:33:48 -0800 (PST)
  I put the newly-rebuilt transaxle from the `63 kombi into my `66 camper this week. It's a pseudo-split case (Has a...
• Re: Limited Vanagon content: using reverse running transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 19:00:56 -0600
  >Personally I would investigate making the Audi transmission go in reverse. >As there are too many unknows in making the making a water-cooled...
• Re: Spare Parts in Brazil
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:28:39 -0700
  ...Bongia & have a good trip Daryl of AA Transaxle, Duvall, Wa. (425) 788-4070 1-877-377-0773 (toll free) aatransaxle.com (web site)
• 2nd gear problems
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:00:13 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle Duvall, WA. (Seattle area) (425) 788-4070 1-877-377-0773 (toll free) aatransaxle.com (web site) Date: Wed, 23...
• Re: My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd gear
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:39:11 -0800
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle Duvall, WA. (Seattle area) 1-877-377-0773 toll free 425-788-4070 aatransaxle.com Subject: My 84 has trouble...
• Re: Five-speed trans. needed.
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:19:10 -0700
  http://www.aatransaxle.com/ On Apr 22, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Mad and Ed wrote: > AAA transaxle. check Vanagon.com vendors. > On Monday...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:43:18 -0800
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "AAG - Larry Word" <word_aag@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - DAN ROTBLATT
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:28:00 -0700
  ...The older style transaxles aren't inherently "bad", but a very knowledgeable source told me that the WBX tranny (assuming 3/4 slider hubs...
• Re: Transaxle Needed - TN
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 May 2009 22:18:38 -0500
  ...There are three at the Nashville Pullapart, but I seem to remember they were all stripped of the engine and transaxles. > > > > I'm sure...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Cnvert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:37:00 -0700
  ...The Diesel transaxle has a lower final drive which slows down the car so the trick is to bolt the bellhousing to your air...
• Re: shifting from 1 to 2- reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 04:13:04 EST
  ...The last 091 transaxle that I did had plenty of life left on the syncro rings from a wear standpoint but I replaced them...
• gas heaters
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 08 May 1994 22:04:15 -0400 (EDT)
  ...bucks I gave to him for the van, spare engine, spare transaxle, 5 spare tires with rims, and assorted parts. He wouldn't even...
• RE: Wrecked EV for sale--$1500
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 08:31:58 +0000
  ...this EV must have been hit HARD, and/or the engine/transaxle have already been removed. -Tim Parker 93 EV GL 60 Singlecab 29...
• Re: JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 23:54:16 -0700
  ...on the Temporary repair when he sold it.... >Daryl, of AA Transaxle (who promises never to use it on a tranny rebuild..so >help...
• Re: Check out this Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:24:05 -0400
  ...Cheers, Doug >and what type of lifetime can we expect of the transaxle with an engine >like this powering the beast???? > >Matthew Pollard "Racing...
• Re: Abandoned van (?)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 20:16:10 -0700
  ...instrument cluster, and if you have the time, the wheels and transaxle. Thanks. -M Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death...
• AT and final drive removal questions
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:12:11 -0500
  I got a free transaxle recently to help my 86 with sick AT. So I'm poling around at the heavy lump of metal...
• Re: Five-speed trans. needed.
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:53:32 -0700
  AAA transaxle. check Vanagon.com vendors. On Monday, Apr 19, 2004, at 11:18 US/Pacific, Jim Felder wrote: > I've emailed a few...
• Re: Transmission swapping
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:40:54 -0700
  ...The transaxle is still smooth and silent, too. My mom's automatic Westy might do its own downshifting on hills, but it is just...
• Re: Seattle newspaper ad for Vanagon service
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:13:27 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Guzyk" <paullist@GUZYK.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday...
• Re: AC under rear seat?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:38:57 -0700
  ...t really want to get into the dash unless this setup sucks > (instead of > blows)... > Daryl of AA Transaxle > (425) 788-4070 > aatransaxle.com
• Re: 1.8t conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:17:05 -0800
  ...As to the other post about clearance and need for stronger transaxle, I am not sure that is quite right. The spacer for the...
• Re: 5 speed trannys
  Historical mailing list - Chris Weddle
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 08:38:28 -0800
  ...The standard Vanagon 5-speed transaxle ratios are 4.86 or 4.83 ring & pinion with 4.11/2.33/1.48/1.02...
• Re: Transmission in Portland
  Historical mailing list - Sondergaard, Arlene
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:33:29 -0700
  ...I got it from German Transaxle but, couldnt get back to Bend for the adjustment. Now its not shifting right when I go uphill...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:55:47 EST
  In a message dated 1/17/02 5:46:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, mdlind@rica.net writes: << Having the same torque at the...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:07:41 -0600
  It was an option on syncros, and German Transaxles in Bend, OR, will also install a front diff lock on the syncro for about...
• Re: WWUD
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:10:33 -0700
  ...though I can't say I ever really considered not getting a rebuilt transaxle at 180K and a rebuilt engine at 220K. Our 17...
• Re: syncro trans gear engagement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 11:32:49 -0400
  ...Before not all the rings >were and if I remember right some of the early transaxles >even had a steel ring for 2nd or...
• Re: Automatic transmission supplier?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:19:46 -0500
  ...Does anybody have any experience with Rancho Transaxles or German Transaxle? I don't have a core - it's a long story that I...
• Re: transmission rebuild(long)
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:00:35 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com 86 Syncro Westy Zetec in the trunk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zolly" <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> To...
• Re: I need (want) another gear TODD HILL ???!!!
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 14:34:11 -0500
  ...During all that time he could have at least made *some* effort to fix their transaxles. One was returned to an owner non-operational...
• tires
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sun, 5 Jul 2020 18:49:37 +0000
  ...FYI, I do have a limited slip transaxle and do pretty well on loose dirt and gravel. I am not planning on using any...
• Re: Trans noise
  Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
  Sat, 29 Sep 2018 10:30:45 -0400
  ...Turns out it is a transaxle noise, as all else has > been eliminated. Local (good) mechanic said we have to wait until it gets...
• GL5 - GL4
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 4 Jan 2016 19:37:48 -0700
  ...about and assured me MT-90 is still appropriate for our transaxles. There have been various discussions (and no doubt will be again) about...
• Re: Snap On 17mm 21mm trans wrench $1
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:10:16 -0500
  ...put an antique tool on one end of a perfectlygood 17mm toolDaryl of AA Transaxle425-788-4070"On the cutting edge of Old technology"
• Re: home-made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:18:15 -0600
  ...provide pressure..worked Ok > then with about 30psi.. > Daryl of AA Transaxle > (425) 788-4070 > aatransaxle.com > 86 Syncro Westy > Zetec in the trunk