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• Re: Cost of AT rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:25:27 -0400
  ...http://www.germantransaxle.com/catalog/volkswagen/vanagon/automatic-converte r-final-drive-complete-/ Dan Los Angeles, CA "Winky" the '85 Westy Weekender On Oct...
• Re: Regular maintenance list-contributions.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:50:01 -0500
  ...coolant as necessary. - check oil level in transmission; check final drive oil level in automatic transmission - check brake fluid - lubricate sliding door mounting points...
• Re: Vanagon tranny
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Oct 2022 11:08:30 -0500
  ...for these transmissions are readily available. The bad day > is when a ring/pinion set is needed, or the final drive housing is > worn...
• Re: Eurovan; to buy or not to buy...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 May 2004 13:04:32 -0600
  ...This weekend I am changing brake pads/shoes, automatic transmission fluid, final drive gear oil, and engine oil. I find it very easy to...
• Re: Auto tranny question
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:39:53 -0500
  ...it > turned out to be the seal between the transmission and the final drive. > So, > any other ideas why it might not like to...
• Re: Shipping a transmission
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:29:34 -0700
  ...Unfortunately, most customers are not comfortable with bolting the final drive to the A/T. Luckily, my A/T customers have been reasonably close...
• oil filler tube
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 19:26:09 -0500
  ...pipe, over the final drive, and into the thermostat housing. Now, there are two versions of this hose. The manual transmission version is just...
• Re: Transplant complication
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:16:45 -0400
  ...I know I had the whole trans assembly turned up vertically with the final drive pointing up, to put the final drive together with...
• Re: automatic mystery and solution
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:02:55 -0800
  ...top towards the front of the final drive, where the F.D. is bolted to the autom. transmission part. The vent has a little...
• radiator question And warning light
  Historical mailing list - Monika Besser
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:23:02 EDT
  ...The mystery of the so-called radiator "for an automatic transmission" has finally been solved. IT IS NON-EXISTANT! Volkswagen builds one radiator for...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 20 May 2016 22:00:43 -0400
  ...Can I remove ONLY the transmission, leaving the final drive and torque converter attached to the crank/engine block? Seems to me like the...
• Re: Automatic Transmission alternatives..help
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 21:29:51 EST
  ...identical paper gaskets and the big "O" ring where the transmission and final drive mate...You SHOULD have an array of selective washers and...
• funky jitter tranny
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 23:00:07 -0800
  ...Automatic Transmission alternatives..help > > So I've done all the checks on my AT and I believe the seal is gone between > the final...
• Re: Manual Tranny vs Automatic Tranny
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:43:42 -0800
  ...A rebuilt differential/final drive section can cost as much as the auto transmission unit, but with the additional disadvantage of being made of...
• Re: I4 Transmission Input Shaft Length
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 22:36:39 -0800
  ...length of the DK and DZ transmission input mainshafts. The DK (air cooled with 4.57 final drive) has an input shaft length of...
• jetta tranny to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michel Bertin
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:13:44 -0400
  ...of the automatic is too low for a diesel is wrong, since the diesel 4-speed has a very low final drive ratio. I...
• Re: 86 Auto Tranny question
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:26:44 -0400
  ...KEN WILFY do you know the cost of the accumulator piston and seal.?? Can the transmission section be removed without removing the final drive...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Cnvert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:37:00 -0700
  ...Only automatics need a adapter plate. The air-cooled transmission has the best cruising final drive ratio for fule economy but if you need...
• Re: Four Speed Wasserboxers?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 03:07:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...Manual transmissiona in 1982-1983 diesels were mostly 4 speed, few 5 speed. (Automatics were not offered with the diesels.) Manual transmissions in 1983...
• Re: Tapping sound
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:15:06 -0400
  ...and top it back up with 2 quarts of automatic transmission fluid. DO NOT DRIVE THE VAN WITH THIS BREW IN THE CASE. Allow...
• Re: lack of power when cold
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 23:12:49 -0400
  ...Wouldn't be the final drive. It is either there or it isn't, Noisy or >>not. The automatic section is either slipping or...
• Re: Automatic Trans. problems; Advice Needed!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:14:53 -0500
  ...If you have changed the AT fluid and put lube in the final drive, try to drive it for a while if possible; things...
• Re: Size of allen wrench for final drive?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 06:16:21 -0400
  ...Size of allen wrench for final drive? This is incorrect - you should NOT use GL-5 in a Vanagon Transmission - front differential is OK...
• Re: Automatic Transmission Coolant Hose
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:58:14 -0700
  ...pipe, over the final drive, and into the thermostat housing. Now, there are two versions of this hose. The manual transmission version is just...
• interpreting Automatic transmission pressures
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:28:57 -0400
  I'm trying to troubleshoot my just-rebuilt automatic transmission. I rebuilt it myself. Here are the symptoms and what I have done: 1st...
• Re: '88 Westy Transmission Repair $2500?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 27 May 2005 15:59:21 -0400
  On 5/27/05, Chris Paquette <cxp36@yahoo.com> wrote: > The automatic transmission in my '88 Westy has started to stick and slip, > apparently...
• Re: Auto Tranny Final Drive, Oil Change?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:34:38 -0400
  ...It can be done at every oil change with little effort by loosening the collar nut that holds the filler pipe to the transmission.
• 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...
• Re: '88 Westy Transmission Repair $2500?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 27 May 2005 12:34:47 -0700
  ...2500 sounds awful steep if it's JUST the transmission unit. If the final drive section needs replacing I imagine that might as much...
• Re: jetta tranny to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:40:05 -0600
  ...of the >automatic is too low for a diesel is wrong, since the diesel 4-speed has a >very low final drive ratio. I...
• Re: Pulling engine/transmission together?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:59:27 -0700
  ...transmission together? I'm finally starting on my conversion project, and both need to come out. Which is easier, both together or separately (automatic...
• Re: ATF filter: urban legend?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:51:19 -0700
  ...taking the van out for a test drive? I guess the automatic transmission and the final drive differential share the same fluids? -- Craig On...
• Auto tranny question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:10:02 EST
  ...it turned out to be the seal between the transmission and the final drive. So, any other ideas why it might not like to...
• Re: Auto tranny rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:27:00 -0500
  I'm only talking about the automatic. The only tolerance issues I recall have to do with how the trans joins the final drive...
• For Sale: Driver wanted for 87 7-seater PA
  Historical mailing list - Heffelfinger
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:15:01 -0500
  ...CD player, Automatic Transmission. In good shape-I cruise all over PA, NY, NJ with all my kids and no cell phone with no...
• Re: Audi / Golf and Vanagon auto transmissions ARE the same!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 17:54:04 -0800
  ...transmissions are the same for the Audi / Golf and > Vanagon and could be interchanged. Stangely enough the Vanagon and Audi > manuals have the automatic...
• Re: Busted Down Near Tekonsha, Michigan
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:24:51 -0500
  Automatic transmissions have two vents on top. One is for the Auto section, the other for the final drive. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Tiico Out of business!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:48:08 -0500
  ...product they used to sell: > rebuilt Vanagon automatic transmissions with the A2 (Golf/ Jetta) > final drive. > > Can anyone help me with information about this...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2016 10:44:26 -0400
  ...Can I remove ONLY the transmission, leaving the final drive and torque converter attached to the crank/engine block? Seems to me like the...
• Transmission suddenly slipping
  Historical mailing list - s kraning
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:42:29 -0400
  ...I finally figured out that if I let it warm up for a minute, or shift into a forward drive gear first, it would...
• Re: A/T governor R/R - necessary to drain ATF first?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 8 Nov 2017 03:34:00 +0000
  ...Most automatic transmission troubles begin as internal hydraulic failures. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Pat Spragge [mailto:spraggepat@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2017...
• Audi / Golf and Vanagon auto transmissions ARE the same!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 19:30:49 -0800
  ...transmissions are the same for the Audi / Golf and Vanagon and could be interchanged. Stangely enough the Vanagon and Audi manuals have the automatic...
• Re: Vanagon tranny
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 9 Oct 2022 23:19:25 -0600
  ...for these transmissions are readily available. The bad day >> is when a ring/pinion set is needed, or the final drive housing is >> worn...
• FW: auto transmission slippage
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:16:58 -0400
  ...I drove it that way for years (isn't a daily driver). I finally took it to a recommended transmission shop and they said...
• Re: Pulling engine/transmission together?
  Historical mailing list - joe kallo
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 02:02:33 +0000
  ...transmission together? > > I'm finally starting on my conversion project, and both need to come out. > Which is easier, both together or separately (automatic...
• Report on A/T rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:43:18 -0500
  ...I've done lots of other mechanical work over the past several decades, but this was my first automatic transmission rebuild of any variety...
• Re: Gear oil in the Automatic fluid
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:11:22 -0700
  ...When I install a pre-rebuilt unit on a final drive, I repl all seals and change oil and tweak any bearing looseness. IF...
• Re: 2wd Syncro? -Different F/R Final Ratio?
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:24:12 -0500
  ...there, I have determined that the following final drive gear ratios are available for the syncro transmission: 37/6 6.17 (16" vanagon?) 35...
• Re: Vanagon tranny
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 9 Oct 2022 22:47:02 -0600
  ...for these transmissions are readily available. The bad day >> is when a ring/pinion set is needed, or the final drive housing is >> worn...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Cnvert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:14:10 -0400
  ...Only automatics need a > adapter plate. > > The air-cooled transmission has the best cruising final drive ratio > for fule > economy but if you need...
• Re: 88 WBX Towing Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:37:35 -0500
  ...Otherwise you'll toast the transmission. Of course, uncoupling the axles at the final drive would get around that problem. If you use a...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2016 10:26:12 -0400
  ...Can I >>>>>> remove >>>> ONLY the transmission, leaving the final drive and torque converter >>>> attached to the crank/engine block? Seems to me like the...
• Aftermarket cruise control finally working!
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 17 May 2009 16:49:07 -0400
  ...I took it for a test drive and it finally holds! This made all the difference, as before it would always drop out and...
• Re: FW: auto transmission slippage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:38:27 -0700
  ...I drove it > that way for years (isn't a daily driver). I finally took it to a > recommended transmission shop and they said...
• Re: Pulling engine/transmission together? Speaking of jacks or jack accessories
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 02:06:07 +0000
  ...transmission together? I'm finally starting on my conversion project, and both need to come out. Which is easier, both together or separately (automatic...
• Temperature gage info and a question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 6 Jun 2022 09:46:27 -0400
  ...The transmission and final drive are quiet. So, I love the gage readings. The engine seems to run almost too good with those updated...
• Re: Transmission Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:50:27 -0400
  ...the tranny from the Final Drive unit, >> which is considered separate from the transmission itself. The FD has the >> drive shafts to the wheels...
• Re: Pulling engine/transmission together?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 02:02:58 +0000
  ...transmission together? I'm finally starting on my conversion project, and both need to come out. Which is easier, both together or separately (automatic...
• Insurance Appraisal
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mighton
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:52:38 -0400
  ...about 113k miles on it and its brand new final drive and automatic transmission. They (Kreger) decided thay need some time to research its...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 21 May 2016 12:12:29 -0700
  ...Can I remove ONLY the transmission, leaving the final drive and torque converter attached to the crank/engine block? Seems to me like the...