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• Engine conversion help sought
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 17:54:41 -0700
  ...4-speed Standard Transaxle Mileage: 79,000 miles Emissions: OBD 2 VIN: WV2ZB0255LG062064 Misc Data: Inline 4 conversion Symptoms: Excessive Emissions Occurs: Always More...
• westy reprieve
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:24:13 -0800
  ...which, actually, isn't a great deal for an '82 westy transaxle (rebuilt). this assessment was received was some relief, walletwise. just the day...
• Re: Automatic tranny rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 21:32:03 -0800
  ...Seal is blown and ATF is mixing in transaxle with gear oil. COnsidering the mileage on the tranny, should I rebuild the tranny since...
• parting out or selling 1980 Adventurewagen
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:17:55 -0700
  ...If I part the van out, I want to keep the transaxle. I would llike $400 for the engine. The interior is in great...
• Re: 82 vanagon tranny output shaft
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:11:42 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "thomas LaPointe" <vanagonmail@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday...
• Re: Do Shift linkage bushes wear ...
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:31:12 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com >> to be basically pretty right, and nicely lubed, for best transmission >> life. >> it's 3...
• Re: Boston Engine V2.0
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:26:21 -0800
  ...msn.com > or call at (508) 333-7813 > > Daryl of AA Transaxle > (425) 788-4070 > aatransaxle.com > 86 Syncro Westy > Zetec in the trunk...
• Re: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
  Historical mailing list - Todd Brown
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:27:03 -0700
  ...If brought on by the change in axle angles there may be loose bolts or the output bearings of the transaxle have an issue...
• Re: Friday's known Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:36:42 -0500
  ...vibration/balance problem > 2 - Transaxle: creeper gear trying to escape, blows hold in case > 3 - Transaxle: Synchronizers 3th and 4th break, can not shift...
• Re: Drive Flange Seals
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:45:39 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com 86 Syncro Westy..Happy the Camper Zetec in the trunk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonce Fancher...
• Re: AT leakage '91 GL
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 8 Apr 2015 10:45:29 -0700
  ...One is even a recently rebuilt unit from German Transaxle. I think there are too few bolts, and the sheet metal pan just deforms...
• FS: 1989 Silver Vanagon Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:41:22 -0600
  ...300 Speakerlab 10" subwoofers driven by separate amp New/Replaced parts: Transaxle (46 k mi) Rotors, pads (82 k mi) Tires - Dunlop 205/70...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Question...
  Historical mailing list - SBate82659
  Tue, 26 May 1998 22:01:15 EDT
  ...Take a look under the rear of the van and locate the axle shafts coming out of the transaxle and going to each rear...
• Rats... it's tranny time
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:47:08 -0700
  ...I called Daryl at AA transaxle this morning and talked him into sending me a fresh tranny. (actually I think the credit card numbers...
• Re: need a transmission
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:00:25 -0600
  ...with a very nice AA Transaxle 5 spd tranny ... thanks Daryl http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tiico ----Original Message...
• clutch dragging... hmmm
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:12:53 -0400
  ...About 1000 miles ago I swapped a rebuilt transaxle into my 84 Westy. I reused the old clutch kit since it was almost new...
• Re: AC under rear seat?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:43:07 -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: Message to Newbies - ATF
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:44:47 -0500
  ...forget this important additional service point. >> That's why >> many auto transaxles go in for rebuilds or cores with a bad ring and > pinion...
• Syncor Shifting question + seeking Daryl's input
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:48:11 -0700
  Greetings all, 87 Syncro tid vanagon, freshly built transaxle. Problem is slight crunchy shifting when going into 1st and 2nd, and intermittantly a 'real...
• Re: 84 Vanagon GL, SW Houston area
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:34:43 -0500
  ...The engine and transaxle are good, I don't > think there's even 10K on the rebuild. The body isn't too bad, with...
• Re: GL5 - GL4
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 4 Jan 2016 22:56:02 -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: Movement felt in the Shift Stick.
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:58:56 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle 425-788-4070 "On the cutting edge of Old technology" 86 Syncro Westy w/Turbo Zetec in the trunk -----Original...
• Re: 1.9 automatic vanagon syndrome ??
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:23:46 -0700
  ...Typical Vanagon syndrome problem..AFM issue ?? grounds ?? Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com 86 Syncro Westy Zetec in the trunk ----- Original...
• Re: Bi-Tron oil products
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 10:57:33 -0800
  Use Redline MTL in your transaxle...it WILL improve the second gear shift. Bruno Walser wrote: > About a week or two ago numerous mails...
• Re: Rebuilt Viscous Couplers (Was Re : How VC's work -- PleaseRead)
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 08:33:31 -0700
  ...warranty on the "rebuild"? > > As of July 1998: > > Weddle Engineering > Performance Transaxle Products > P.O. Box 15466 > Long Beach > California USA 90815 > > free catalog...
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro vibrations... I think it's time for a mechanic!
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:32:03 +0200
  ...If the problem is solved with the driveshaft out, it shouldn't be the transaxle, except perhaps for the bearing at the driveshaft flange...
• Re: V'gon been sittin...Want to start her up again...recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 6 Aug 2005 07:53:12 -0700
  And you might want to check the transaxle for oil first! Seeya, Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Filling a 4 spd manual transmission
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:31:28 -0400
  ...hole should the oil level be on a 4 speed > manual transaxle on a 1991 Westfalia? > > Does anyone know exactly how much fluid the...
• Re: 83-85 & 86-91 Gas Manual Gear Ratios
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:18:51 -0700
  ...Tom Carrington's page has a link to > >Helmut's fairly complete listing of Vanagon transaxle ratios. Good Luck, > >Jake > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "chris...
• FS: 1989 Silver Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Oct 96 10:10:23 -0500 (CDT)
  ...300 Speakerlab 10" subwoofers driven by separate amp New/Replaced parts: Transaxle (46 k mi) Rotors, pads (82 k mi) Tires - Dunlop 205/70...
• Re: transmission life expectancy?
  Historical mailing list - ONANOV
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:22:36 -0600
  ...transmission life expectancy? > at one time, the vw transaxle was described as "bulletproof," capable of > 100,000 miles and perhaps much more of reliable...
• Re: Limited slip in a 2WD Vanagon's rear end
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:36:41 -0800
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle Duvall, WA. (Seattle area) 1-877-377-0773 toll free 425-788-4070 aatransaxle.com 86 Syncro Westy Turbocharged ----- Original...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:58:09 -0700
  ...If you saw a Prius engine > and transaxle assembly out of the car, it would pretty much look like > any modern FWD car's...
• Re: Transmission Bell Housing Question Help
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:01:27 -0700
  ...shift rod..If they are gone..no issue. >> > >> > Daryl of AA Transaxle >> > (425) 788-4070 >> > aatransaxle.com >> > 86 Syncro Westy >> > Zetec in the trunk...
• Re: shift linkage concept question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 07:18:06 -0600
  ...If the depth of this shaft isn't correct within millimeters, you are shifting into "nothing" back at the transaxle. And to guide you...
• Re: nasty AMC exhaust valve, photos here
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 24 May 2009 12:39:53 -0600
  ...it suddenly starts being > seated and banging on the seat harder, any stresses may make it pop off the > stem. > > Daryl of AA Transaxle > >> >>>
• Re: Redline gear lube
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 12:27:11 -0400
  ...According to darrel christensen of AA transaxles, you want mt-90 due to the angle of the spinning gears (verticle or horizontal). I run...
• Vanagons For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:41:02 -0700
  ...Vanagon 3 is an '82 body without engine but with transaxle. It is brown. Delivery is a possibility. Contact information is Jim McMurtray, 936...
• Re: CV joint reversal?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:05:43 -0800
  ...what about the amount of axial "bend", in other words, does the CV joint up at the transaxle actually run at a more acute...
• Re: Which automatic transaxle (A/T) has the best chance of life
  Historical mailing list - aka.bugle
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:26:41 -0400
  ...Which automatic transaxle (A/T) has the best chance of life > > Hello All, > I drove the Van hard last year and the A/T...
• Re: Replaced auto tranny doesn't work. Advice needed!
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:59:41 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart MacMillan" <macgroup@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday...
• Re: tires
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:58:16 -0700
  ...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: Transaxle shipping costs
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:10:21 -0800
  I wasn't sure if rebuilders installed new bushings, cross shaft etc. as a matter of course. I see that job from the POV...
• Re: GL5 vs GL4 Gear Oils
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 16:18:00 -0600
  AA Transaxle wrote: > I recommend every 30K mi. even for Redline. The long chain molecules in > all > the varieties of oils do wear out...
• Re: Can engine and transmission be swapped?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 19 May 2008 22:06:22 -0400
  Trying to make the Buick transaxle run backwards would be difficult at best. Much better would be to mount the transverse motor/trans combo...
• Re: WTB: 5-speed trans for an 80-82 Aircooled Vanagon-reply/1
  Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
  Tue, 26 May 1998 00:07:21 EDT
  ...However, the post '83 watercooled 091 transaxles are a side shift but are completely different than the sideshifted aircooled. Those were shifted at the...
• Re: FW: Awesome! Pop-Up Hallelujah Chorus at Macy's
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:56:21 -0500
  ...awesome-pop-up-hallelujah-chor%0Aus-at.html > > > > > > > > > > Daryl of AA Transaxle > > > > 425-788-4070 > > > > "On the cutting edge of Old technology" > > > > 86 Syncro...
• Re: '83 Air Cooled 'ASI Conversion' rear end clunk
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:47:20 -0700
  ...and pull it a couple of times towards the > wheel then transaxle the noise goes away and will not return for > hundreds of miles...
• Re: '88 Power Steering - ATF Dexron ??
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 31 Mar 1996 07:30:27 -0800 (PST)
  ...Instead of testing thier transaxles with the improved > additive package or redesigning them, they just decided to keep GL-4 as the > standard. In...
• Re: Engine Reliability
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:21:24 -0500
  Hi Chad, My 85 Westy now has 262,000 miles on it original engine, original transaxle. The heads have both been off twice, and...
• Re: transmission oil
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 19:47:07 -0700
  ...for any help. > > blake > 84 westy > slc, ut > Daryl of AA Transaxle Duvall, WA.(Seattle area) (425) 788-4070 1-877-377-0773 toll...
• Re: Tiptronic
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:39:49 +0200
  ...dollars are a little cheaper >than a beefed up automatic van transaxle. They also have limited slip and >much taller gearing. > I have talked...
• Re: Opinions on this bus
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:17:09 -0700
  ...Engine, transaxle, A/C, wheels & tires all in good shape. New batteries and CV joints too. Canvas looks whole in the pix. Drive it...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:21:37 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Allan" <ian.allan@BMTS.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:00:23 -0500
  ...a cooler. > > Link: <http://www.weidefamily.net/vanagon/> > > Chick-on Transaxle then Transaxle R/R. Nice photo essay on the install. > > Pz > on a...
• Vanabog (help)
  Historical mailing list - RobT
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:37:44 -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: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
  Historical mailing list - David
  Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:00:47 -0500
  ...Wilhite 84' Westy Middle TN > > I'm thinking possible cv joints??? A taller height,more angle, more > distance between transaxle flange and wheel/drive...
• Re: Hankook I-Pike Winter
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 29 May 2011 22:16:36 -0700
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle 425-788-4070 "On the cutting edge of Old technology" 86 Syncro Westy w/Turbo Zetec in the trunk -----Original...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Thu, 9 Dec 2010 05:45:21 +0000
  ...91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking.... > > They cant unless you bring the starter in bolted to a bell housing... > > Daryl of AA Transaxle > 425-788...
• Re: Transaxle Trouble 3rd & 4th - Away from Home
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 23 May 2009 14:58:25 -0600
  Oh, and if it is the slider, it's a tranny teardown and repair, not something you can do on the road. Something a...