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• Re: Final Drive Allen Size
  Historical mailing list - jeff ensing
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:53:25 -0400
  ...Thanks. > Michael in San Antonio > 91GL AT 'Gringo' > 73 Beetle > -- Jeff Ensing Ensing Remodeling 3327 Hidden Acres Drive Atlanta, Ga. 30340 678-549-8430
• Re: And now bURNINGvAN stuff and computer too
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 3 Feb 2008 14:02:02 -0600
  ...Final drive in an auto doesn't >usually chew >housings unlike injuns. > >BenT "the possession of anything begins in the mind" - Bruce Lee
• Re: auto trans final drive
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:10:29 -0700
  ...remove the plug ( should be somewhere up the side of the final drive, maybe loook in the bently( you should have a bently if...
• TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:31:06 -0700
  Given the increasing interest in TDI conversions for Vanagons, and the demonstrated superiority of the automatic transmission :-) and the apparent mismatch of final drive...
• has anyone replaced tranny seals?
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:32:38 -0600
  ...While the main drive shaft spins freely, when I hand turn one of the final drives, I can feel the differential sort of "catching...
• Re: Need AT final drive seal replacement: Phase 1 exploration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:26:47 -0400
  ...Need AT final drive seal replacement: Phase 1 exploration My wife granted my some driveway time sunday so I started my investigation. Mant pictures...
• Re: '89 auto trans final drive questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:13:14 -0500
  You have "brass" flakes in the final drive? For the o-rings on the final drive bearing carriers to leak they most likely were...
• Re: Final Drive Plug Size?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 4 May 1998 21:46:48 -0700
  ...much cheaper! At 20:44 5/4/98 -0600, Bill wrote: >Does anyone know the allen size of the final drive filler plug? I...
• Re: And now bURNINGvAN stuff and computer too
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 16:42:38 -0800
  ...Final drive in an auto doesn't > usually chew > housings unlike injuns. > > BenT >
• Re: Making Sense of Joel's Stats?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 01 Feb 1995 07:04:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...mail caused by my "cream rising to the top remark"!!! WE finally got back to our high level of high quality info-drivel!!!! ;-) Ric
• Re: Tips, Tricks, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Dann-o
  Tue, 15 Nov 1994 10:46:24 -0600 (CST)
  ...First, remove the driveshaft. Then, drive out the stub axle, finally remove the snap rings on both sides of the bearing carrier. Now, the...
• Re: final drive cover leaking
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:38:16 -0700
  ...final drive cover leaking Another problem. This is on a '88 Westy with AT. Sometime back, I drained the oil from the final drive...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Grove
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:57:47 -0700
  ...You'll need to check the ratio's on your final drive as well though otherwise you'll find it overgeared in the wrong...
• Re: NVC - Video Editing Software
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:31:41 -0600
  ...PC that is comparable to >>Apple's Final Cut Pro??? >> >>Thanks, >> >>John Rodgers >>88 GL Driver >> >> > > > > I know that Adobe Premiere Pro v2.0...
• Re: Auto Transmission fluid change
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 8 Aug 2021 16:12:20 -0500
  ...now have a better understanding of the AT transmission and the final > drive. > > I’ve changed the AT fluid before by dropping the pan...
• AT final drive drain???
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:37:57 -0700
  ...Also thought I would drain the final drive section and refill with Redline. Well, after 16 years working only on a manual, this section...
• '89 auto trans final drive questions
  Historical mailing list - Ray Brubaker
  Tue, 6 Nov 2012 22:26:03 -0500
  ...cause this looseness? The Bentley calls for SAE90 oil for the final drive, what is the current recommendation to use here? Is an 80W...
• Re: 84 automatic trans reseal
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 08:13:28 -0500
  ...Now the final drive fills up with transmission fluid. Any wisdom youcan shed fromyour experience? Rico Dagastino Munford. TN
• Re: Redline gear lube
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:02:30 EDT
  ...mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << I'm switching my '87 Syncro Westy manual also Pat, to MTL. >> Does that include the front final drive? George
• Automatic transmission failure
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:12:03 -0500
  ...Does it make sense to do more than put in a rebuilt transmission and not work about the torque converter and final drive? John
• Re: '93 Eurovan auto to manual
  Historical mailing list - Theodore Hoekman
  Fri, 7 Mar 2014 17:23:18 -0330
  My understanding is that the gearbox per se is the same in jetta, golf, and passat, but the final drive is quite different and...
• Query: Type 2 Transmission Interchangability
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jul 1996 19:36:06 -0700
  ...I found a 1966 transmission complete with axle tubes and final drive gears. I want to use the '66 transmission with my old axle...
• Re: transmission, final drive oil level
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:53:12 -0400
  ...There are different opinions on oil level in the transmissions and final > drives. Bentley stated that for 1987 Westy level of transmission oil is...
• Re: Torque Converter Oil Seal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:13:40 -0400
  ...I am installing the torque converter oil seal in the final drive housing. Since it has been over 24 house\rs since I removed...
• Diesel final drive ratio?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Fri, 1 May 1998 23:10:00 -0600
  Anyone know for sure the diesel R/P ratio? I can only find the gas ratio in my Bentley. Was it different for Westys...
• Re: auto trans final drive
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:31:40 -0700
  ...auto trans final drive RE: Lube in the final drive Annie still hasn't received an answer to her original question: What lube (like...
• Re: TDI gearing changes?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:18:40 -0700
  ...if I change the final drive from 4.83 to approx 4.25 it seems as if I must also change the FRONT differential...
• Re: 91 Auto Final Drive ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:18:55 -0700
  ...91 Auto Final Drive ? > Thanks. Scott. just got found one in town(I think) for $5 at the Beetle > place. Will pick it up...
• RE:I finally got a VW Thing ('74)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 09 Jul 1995 19:23:17 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Close the engine lid, and then drive off. Drive your 181 for 5 miles varying the speed from 20 to 40 then down to...
• Re: automatic mystery and solution
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:02:55 -0800
  ...So it must be one of the two vents on top off the final drive part of the transaxle. I guess there are 2...
• Final Drive pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Tue, 8 Aug 2017 22:50:31 -0400
  I changed the pan gasket on the final drive section of my automatic transmission today. When I torqued it down to 7 lb. ft...
• Re: Syncro - tire question regarding flat - help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:58:09 -0800
  ...bolt of the front final > drive as well as loosen the bolts of the final drive mounting bracket. The > drive shaft won't drop...
• Cost of New Automatic Transmission and Final drive
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mighton
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 11:31:31 -0400
  I just had Owasco Motors ( the VW dealer near Toronto in Canada) install a brand factory new automatic transmission and final drive in my...
• Gearing Calculator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Thu, 7 Aug 1997 07:51:38 -0700
  ...The defaults on the gearing and final drive are accurate for my '71. Then clicking the calculate button you will get a table of...
• Re: Cost of AT rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:55:49 -0600
  ...http://www.germantransaxle.com/catalog/volkswagen/vanagon/automatic-converter-final-drive-complete-/
• Re: Diesel final drive ratio?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Mon, 4 May 1998 13:17:43 +0300
  Larry, at http://www.relitech.com/helmut/GEARBOX.HTM you will find a table of gearboxes of all Vangons I know with their gearing...
• speedo drive gear ratio on 98 Jetta? (somewhat vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Mon, 15 May 2000 20:53:22 -0700
  ...I am looking for the speedometer gear drive ratio for a 98 Jetta TDI with manual tranny (the final drives are different so I...
• RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:33:38 -0800
  ...PI = 3.14159 MILE = 5280' SPEED = ((((RPM /(Gear * Final Drive)) * (2 * PI * Tire Radius)) / 12 ) * 60) / MILE Using this formula with the gear ratios...
• Re: Engine Performance vs Tire Size/Comments Redux
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 23:42:42 -0600
  ...in a nice crate from Germany > a > locking 5.43:1 final drive gear box set and a locking front diff to > match. > speed...
• Re: vanagons days numbered?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 20:32:18 -0500
  ...vanagons days numbered? > I don't like to play politics, however this could > adversely impact our choice to drive these aging > German boxcars we...
• Re: Automatic Transmission sometimes has to wake up...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:47:22 -0400
  ...Doesn't it usually happen the other way 'round? With the AT unit running a hydraulic pump and the final drive passively wallowing in...
• Re: auto trans final drive
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:16:46 -0700
  ...remove the > plug ( should be somewhere up the side of the final drive, maybe loook in > the bently( you should have a bently if...
• Re: Syncro - tire question regarding flat - help
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:50:45 -0700
  ...You also have to loosen - not remove, the mounting bolt of the front final drive as well as loosen the bolts of the final...
• Re: Yokohama y356
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:19:21 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Karl Wolz wrote: >Has anyone had any experience with Yoko 356s not running round? I'm >getting feedback...
• [Fwd: Re: Rob Wilke: Re: Bad Vibrations from Aug/97]
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:41:44 -0700
  Hi Eric Do you know what actually happened to your front final drive ? Was it the VC, differential, the pinion ? Or all of the...
• Re: Fw: Heeeellllppp!!! (trans/final drive)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Tue, 4 May 1999 15:21:50 -0400
  ...I'm going to pull > the pan off the bottom of the final drive tomorrow to see what I can see but > I don...
• Re: Dometic Refrig finally working on gas
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
  Sun, 27 Apr 97 16:01:00 PDT
  I have driven many thousands of miles contiguously with the refrigerator in my westy running on propane while driving (three trans-american trips in...
• Drivers side high headlight housing: What is the best deal....?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley (WV)
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 06:44:49 -0700
  Who has the best deal for high headlight housing? I finally had one smashed buy a rock in dusty rocky AZ:-(. I do not...
• Re: non-Vanagon Automatic tranny innna Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:27:43 -0500
  ...Has anybody used a non-vanagon automatic tranny's final drive in a vanagon? The engine-to-tranny bolts are different, but that is...
• Re: final drive cover leaking
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:15:40 -0400
  ...Sometime back, I drained the oil from the final drive, > carefully cleaned the old gasket off, the cover and mating surface and replaced the...
• Re: horse power
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 9 Nov 2019 14:15:11 -0800
  ...it's for a Doka 16 with longer 4th gear (I think 0.78) and a final drive ratio (ring & pinion) of 5.43...
• Eurovan wheels on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 11:20:11 -0800 (PST)
  ...Is this true? Could be a way to gain a bit of ground clearance, lower final drive ratio, or fit low profile tires for...
• Re: Finally, I spotted a Westy in my own driveway.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:09:35 -0400
  The two happiest days in a Vanagon owners life are the day that he buys the Vanagon,and the day he sells the Vanagon...
• Can't find ...
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 21:36:04 -0700
  I was looking in the Bentley to find how much 90 weight oil I must put into the final drive of the A/T...
• Re: Transportaion of Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 11 May 2008 19:53:36 -0700
  ...When a driver finally called me to say he was taking it, he said if it doesn't start and move off the truck...
• Re: AT internals: governor seal
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 22:06:16 -0400
  ...I didn't think about pushing it into the final drive cavity. Excellent tip! Edward At 10:42 PM 6/8/2003, you wrote...
• Re: transmission, final drive oil level
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:54:20 -0500
  ...When I went to take down the pan on the final drive, the bolts were > removed VERY easily and the oil gasket was cork...
• Re: Final Drive Lube for A/T
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 9 Jan 2004 20:53:22 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver - Redline Mt 90 - Mobil One 15W50 - Mahle Oil filter - Terxaco Havoline Phosphate free Orange Biodegradable Coolant with Redline Water...
• calculating speed from rpm
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 24 May 1998 00:32:29 CDT
  ...to calculate road speed for a given engine, you will need to know the gear ratio(s) and the final drive ratio, or the...
• WTB: Transmission from 80-82 Aircooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 17 May 1998 14:46:32 -0400
  ...The new engine has a whopping 60% more torque than the old, and I could use a lower final drive ratio. The most economic...