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• GEX transmission Advice Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Ed Goodrow
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 20:26:22 EST
  Anyone have any experince with GEX transmissions? They offer a automatic for $950 with a 12/12 warranty. Ed
• Re: Transmission section (Removing & sealing 4S)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:28:08 -0500
  Oh la la.. c'est magnifique ca. :P Erm anyways, nice writeup for replacing transmission seals. :) sudhir.
• transmission for I4 conversion--will a DK fit?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:35:57 -0400
  ...I�m looking for some information about the fit of an aircooled vanagon transmission (code DK) into my I4, 51% conversion. I currently have...
• Re: 85 Westy transmission advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Walter E. Stephens
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 20:49:24 -0700
  ...A mechanic told me to make sure any rebuilt transmission I buy has one, but none of the transmission people I have talked to...
• Re: Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:16:44 -0500
  I seem to replace the seal between the transmission and differential (I hope i have that right) every two years ... is this related? Jeff...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 15:41:17 -0600
  Did you make sure the transmission was in gear and hold one stub shaft while turning the other also? If the splines aren't...
• Noisy Transmission replaced with quite transmission
  Historical mailing list - Garrick Chang
  Sat, 16 May 1998 17:50:02 -0800
  Joe and Steve, I have been ignoring the quite loud whining in my transmission for 2yrs and 23k miles since I bought it. The...
• Putting a 2wd transmission into a Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:08:15 -0800
  ...Will a 2wd transmission pop into a Syncro? I'm strictly diesel 2wd, but I've got some buddies with a blown syncro transmission...
• Re: Should I replace my transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:01:03 -0800
  ...I explicitly asked GoWesty for assurance that a rebuilt transmission won't whine the way mine does. They gave me that assurance. So if...
• EV Transmission Preference
  Historical mailing list - Matthew L. Dekker
  Tue, 27 May 1997 08:31:08 -0700
  ...manual or automatic transmissions? (especially in terms of derivability and service.) IMHO, I like automatics, but maybe a manual transmission is the way to...
• auto trans for '83 air cooled
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:57:40 -0500
  If I buy an '83 air cooled Vanagon with auto transmission problems (no forward, only reverse works), what am I likely to pay for...
• conversion ot automatic transmission to manual, 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Joe Seiwert
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 23:32:25 EST
  ...What is the feasibility of switching over to a manual transmission? Any drawbacks? Would I be better off with just having the automatic transmission...
• Re: Transmission, Automatic, Question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 1 May 2008 06:40:52 -0700
  If you are driving SLOWLY in snow/ice, and lose stopping control of your automatic transmission vehicle, jam it into reverse then hit the...
• Transplants - MSDS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 12:24:37 -0500
  ...Here's what he told me about his experence with Syncro transmissions and additional engine power: At 80,000 miles his original Syncro transmission...
• 1986 Vanagon Westfalia GL 2.1L 2WD Automatic transmission sticks in 2nd gear
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Tue, 3 Sep 2019 16:43:29 +0000
  I have a 1986 Vanagon Westfalia GL 2.1L 2WD Automatic transmission sticks that in 2nd gear in the morning, when the vehicle is...
• Re: Auto tranny advice and more
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:38:52 -0700
  ...The transmission works for 1st > & 2nd gears but does not go into 3rd or reverse. > > Sigh... not what I was expecting but I'll...
• Re: HELP! Dead Transmission
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:05:58 -0800
  ...HELP! Dead Transmission Well, my '85 transmission is gone. I was on one of my cross-state trips (Snip)
• Re: Transmission quits after 310,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:09:54 -0600
  ...That's why transmission shops won't install used ones and typically install a new torque converter with any rebuilt transmission. It's probably...
• Re: Some answers...
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:53:25 -0400
  ...Another good reason to drain the transmission though the drain hole is to get the bottom sludge out. If before you drain the transmission...
• Re: transmission jacking up tips?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Moon
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:35:20 -0400
  ...Commercial transmission jacks are low profile and have a screw adjustment to control the angle of the transmission. Use one driveshaft bolt on each...
• manual transmission linkage
  Historical mailing list - David White
  Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:06:37 -0700
  Are there differences in the manual transmission linkage from 1984-1987? I need to know. Any differences in the shifter, the shifter housing, the...
• fumble fingers strikes again: correction to vw parts numbering system
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 15 Apr 94 13:51:59 CDT
  ...that is, an air-cooled vanagon 4-speed has a 091 transmission, and parts for that transmission would start with 091. a vanagon syncro...
• Re: Automatic Transmissions!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 10:37:22 -0800
  Listees, I had posted NEW Automatic Transmissions For Sale at the price of $1950.00 Plus S&H. These are New VW Transmissions WITH...
• -80 vanagon with aut. transmission...buy?
  Historical mailing list - Robban
  Fri, 5 May 2000 17:59:34 +0200
  I'm about to buy a -80 Vanagon with automatic transmission The only problem is, according to the owner, that the first gear jumps...
• Re: Automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 6 Nov 2019 07:57:12 -0700
  There is 1 in ABQ, where are You ~ On 6 Nov , 2019, at 5:10 AM, Jeff Laudin wrote: > 010 transmission
• Auto transmission valve body
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:35:34 -0400
  Anyone have a source and approximate cost of a valve body for an 91 Vanagon automatic transmission? Thanks, Bob C
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:08:13 -0400
  If you have an automatic transmission, what's the possibility of it being transmission fluid? Mike
• Vanagon differential question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 19 Sep 1999 22:01:16 -0700
  Does the Vanagon transmission use the same differential as the old IRS type I and II transmissions? Thanks, Todd '88 Westy
• Overfilling transmission fluid.
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 23:05:38 -0500
  Can anybody think of any potential problems with overfilling the transmission fluid (i.e. above the fill hole)? -wes '84 vanagon
• Re: Auto or Man trans on '93 EV MV?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 22:13:51 UT
  We had an auto trans 93 MV, and while the transmission itself does OK, the engine mounts sag with time and xmit a lot...
• Re: I4 Transmission Input Shaft Length (Full Story)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 01:51:44 EST
  ...Location of transmission input shaft end point relative to the transmission mount flange. For the DK transmission (Air-cooled) with DZ bell housing mounted...
• Re: WTB Manual Transmission for 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:48:34 -0700
  Yours should be a 091/1 transmission shown in the Bentley Manual. 091 transmission is for air cooled. 095 is 5 speed for diesel...
• Re: Sad transmission news
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:54:33 -0700
  Hi Eric, Sorry to hear about your transmission problems. My '87 also has an auto trans and when I purchased the vehicle, it was...
• Auto Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 08:24:32 -0500
  ...Do all auto transmissions have a fluid filter and where is ti located, how do you change/clean it and what are the symptoms...
• Diesel Vanagon Transmission Mount
  Historical mailing list - Wade Yorke
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:36:19 -0300
  ...I am considering replacing my transmission mount and have discovered that the diesel transmission mount is 25% cheaper. I am not sure what the...
• [Fwd: Fwd: CamperVW]
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 07:21:08 -0500
  ...I own a 1990 Vanagon (syncro) Camper > and I am in need of someone to work on my transmission. > > The local VW dealership wants...
• Re: 1990 Westfalia Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:46:13 -0400
  ...1990 Westfalia Transmission Greetings to all.... I have a leaky automatic transmission... my mechanic tells me it is from a cracked rear cover on...
• Re: Manual Tranny, funky Reverse Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:43:08 -0500
  ...This > allowed us to do a one-day exchange....old transmission out, fresh > transmission in, and my old transmission will be used by next...
• Manual Transmission Oil
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 05:37:17 -0500
  After reading a few posts about hard shifting manual transmissions and realizing that mine was having this symtom especially from 1st gear to second...
• Auto transmission not shifting question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:50:24 -0400
  ...A little way from home I noticed that the transmission had not shifted into third gear even though we were moving at 38,000...
• Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 08:34:06 -0500
  I would like JordanVw to quote an automatic transmission for my carburated 84� german Westy. TIA and sorry for WOB javier [text/html]
• Looking for a Console Filler Strip for Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Randy C. Nunes
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:38:38 -0400
  Does anyone have the console filler strip on an automatic transmission for sale - 1984? Randy Nunes
• Re: Syncro's Transmission....
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:45:24 -0700
  >Hi Folks, > >I have a quick question about VW Syncros and their transmissions. > >Can Syncros come with an Automatic transmission? Personally, I have never...
• Re: VDO Transmission PRESSURE gauge...anyone used one on a 2.1L AT???
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 20:53:49 -0700
  ...What does one usually do when a gauge gives abnormally high readings??? :) ----------------- Clip ------------------------ I can envision a professional transmission shop testing transmissions before they...
• need a transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:56:25 +0000
  Hey all , I am in need of a transmission for my 91 carat 4sp`.Mine is howling terribly and has started to jump out...
• DK vs AB (wbx) Transmission PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:45:43 -0800
  ...I doubt it makes any difference in terms of transmission/mount bracket lengths, but the code on the WBX transmission is "AB 3008 4...
• Manual Transmission Removal - 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Paul Smith
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:20:47 -0400
  Well the diagnosis is in and the transmission needs to come out and go to AA Transaxle for a rebuild. I've found a...
• Re: transmission problem?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Dawe
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:32:47 -0330
  ...transmission problem? Oh, it's an automatic and not manual transmission. I forgot to mention that. -----Original Message----- From: Durby Suniga Sent: Thursday, March...
• Re: Rebuilding a Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:42:09 -0900
  John, I can't speak to Gowesty's transmissions but I will say that I am quite satisfied with the one I have that...
• Re: Vanagon and Type 2 Auto transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:52:13 +1000
  ...Vanagon and Type 2 Auto transmissions > > Does anyone know if the 3-speed automatic transmissions introduced in > the Type 2 (Kombi) were physically the...
• Audi 5000 turbo motor/ WB transmission
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 16:37:17 -0500
  ...Slap an SA bellhousing on your transmission or get a 5spd from Ken W. Sounds hard to beat IMO. BTW, I have a spare...
• VDO Transmission PRESSURE gauge...anyone used one on a 2.1L AT???
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:24:49 -0700
  ...I've been working on rigging up a VDO Transmission Temperature gauge on the Automatic Trans of my 1990 with a 2.1L engine...
• Anyone rebuilt an Auto Transmission?
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:59:26 +1000
  G'day folks, I've rebuilt my '86 auto transmission, but would like to make contact with others on the list to compare a...
• FS Transmission, starter, +trinkets $35
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:55:57 -0700
  Used transmission from my 90 - 4sp. � Known good starter for above � Heidelburg radio,� new brake pads, some misc parts. � Chris C
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:02:01 -0400
  Daryl once toldme to look for a broken transmission mount as a possiability for wierd trans behavior.
• Re: Insane Syncro Prices!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Oct 1994 10:50:26 CDT
  What is the allowable speed range for the fifth "creeper" gear in the Vanagon Syncro transmission? Were Syncros available with automatic transmissions?
• what Synthetic automatic transmission fluid to use in 85 Auto Trans ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:46:58 -0700
  Hi What Synthetic automatic transmission fluid do people use with the 3 speed auto trans
• oil pump shaft for automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Kinesis Conceptos Audiovisuales
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:38:22 -0700
  Hi, Does anyone has a pump shaft for automatic transmission for sale? Ramon Celaya Kinesis Conceptos Audiovisuales (686) 551-9292
• Re: Used / rebuilt auto transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:24:50 -0700
  ...Does anyone have good sources for used or rebuilt transmissions? I live in the SF bay area. My first conversation with an auto transmissions...
• Re: Use of Synthetic Oil in Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 15 May 1998 09:06:35 -0400
  ...Other weights and specs are shown for other transmissions/differentials but the Bentley is consistent when it comes to Syncros. My suspicion is this...