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• was: AATransaxle .. Daryl/now:engine/gears
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:55:29 -0600
  ...I run just slightly larger wheels for gearing change purposes. Nokian Hakka C2 215/65-16 bob Bob,What engine is in your van...
• Re: 4-speed to 5-speed?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:46:29 +1200
  >What gearing is best for a Subaru/Vanagon? >And most importantly, how does the bus drive? >Is first gear extra low, or is fifth...
• Re: Odometer Repair-Migrating Shaft
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:48:14 -0700
  ...The gear no longer walked off the shaft. It isn't that the gear is wobbly loose, so much as it constantly gets pressured...
• Re: 91 vanagon 4 spd to 5 spd gearbox
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 13:49:13 EST
  ...The .457 put fifth in a true overdrive gear, around 400 rpms less, while the .486 is a four speed with a LOW first...
• another gear oil question.
  Historical mailing list - geofflaw
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:19:37 -0800
  Oh, I forgot. Can synthetic and mineral gear oils be mixed? Geoff Law
• Re: Shifting, No Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Paverd
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:42:42 -0500
  ...I putted along in second at about 25-30 > mph, but some sections it would have been nice to have had third gear. > I...
• Is my clutch going out?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:19:02 -0400
  ...If I take it out of gear, it seems to be fine, and when engaged at any speed in any gear, everything is normal...
• Re: Is my Syncro box about to blow
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 13:00:04 -0500
  ...Mark Rokus Daniel Bey wrote: > In a message dated 11/27/98 3:19:24 AM, you wrote: > > <<My fourth gear required replacing at...
• Re: Stiffness - 3rd Gear
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:06:58 EDT
  ...What could be causing this? > > sounds like the 3rd/4th gear slider hub problem.. might check your linkage first tho.. chris
• 4th Gear Ratio Swaps?
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 01:34:16 -0800
  ...Is there a direct VW 4th gear swap out there that reduces freeway cruising RPMs for the Vanagon? -John 1991 GTi 2.0 liter...
• Re: odometer question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 12 May 2007 22:32:05 -0700
  ...Most likely, the pot-metal gear on the end of the odometer shaft is loose and spinning. Later model odometers have a plastic gear...
• Re: '90 Westy 2nd gear
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 07:02:22 -0500
  To avoid gear clashes on my manual tranny on my 88GL 1) I put in the the Redline MT 90, and 2) When shifting...
• Syncro fourth gear Woes
  Historical mailing list - Merrag
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 22:08:27 EST
  Well, today my 86 Syncro missplaced its forth gear while traveling home from work. I was going about 65, when I lost the gear...
• Re: Recommended Auto Body in South, FL
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:21:23 -0500
  Dave sez: >What does it do the engine if you, for example, park on a hill, put it in >first or second gear, but...
• Re: Tires- 16" recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:20:33 -0700
  On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > you'd be in 3rd gear up to...
• Re: Relay Steering Gear
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:38:44 -0500
  ...Relay Steering Gear > > > I have an '86 Westy with power steering. > > The relay steering gear (251 419 025) connects between the Steering > shaft and...
• Re: Vanagon 5 Speed Trannies. RPM in 5th gear question.
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 18:52:15 -0600
  Michael Modl wrote: > I've been wondering what would the speed be now at 4000 RPM in the SA tranny > in 5th gear. Currently...
• Manual transmission gear oil questions
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 08:28:21 EDT
  Hello I am replacing the gear oil in a used tranny I bought prior to installation. At the parts store I noticed there is...
• Re: trans main shaft removal ??
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:28:16 -0700
  ...Each time you manage to squeak the gear further up the shaft, try to unscrew (c-cl) the shaft. Once you get the gear...
• Re: .457 SA five speed tranny for an overdrive 5th gear
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 08:05:44 EDT
  ...The ring and pinion gear is .457 NOT .483 as in stock four speeds. The fifth gear is .815 and the fourth gear on...
• Re: Slipping Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 18:15:34 -0500
  I'm not quite clear what you mean by "grabs the gear". Do you mean that the engine is running faster than expected for...
• Speedo gear
  Historical mailing list - Michael Beyra
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 14:07:05 -0500
  Happy Holidays fellow listee's Has anyone found a source for the tiny cog/gear that drives the mileage indicator? Mine broke a while...
• Re: 85 Vanagon & 4th gear/1
  Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
  Sat, 28 Mar 1998 23:12:00 EST
  Jill, What maybe happening to your trans is that the clutch hub for 3rd and 4th gear was known for cracking. When they crack...
• recovery gear (F)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 15:24:34 -0700
  Cleaning out the workshop and I came across some tackle I think I should use somehow as recovery gear. Maybe lash it to the...
• 2nd gear problems
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:00:13 -0700
  Steve...a tired syncro ring or the syncro teeth on the gear itself maybe...hard to tell without looking. My suggestion is to ghange...
• Re: Shifting into 1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Jack
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 14:56:34 +1000
  ...This then spins one side of the first gear gearset and makes it hard for it to engage it's mate gear. If this...
• I'm about to give up...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:56:01 -0800
  ...The second and the fourth gears are not going in deep enough, only get to the top of the gears and they would just...
• Redline gear oil
  Historical mailing list - Bernie
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:44:41 -0700
  Is 75W90 the right weight for Redline gear oil in the vanagon.Thank you, Bernie Vancouver
• Re: friday - airplane pics
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:56:42 -0500
  ...The mallard gear strut is attached to the wing, yet the gear >> strut breaks over and the wheels fold into the side of the...
• Re: SA 3,2litre WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:46:05 +0200
  PerL, >Click on "die Getriebe", and you'll get a chart >of all gearboxes, albeit without the final drive >ratio! On a different Link...
• Re: Shifting into 1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 12:35:53 -0700
  ...I can't imagine some punk jumping into my van, hooking reverse, then finding first gear and taking off in time to make a...
• Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Tue, 31 May 2011 22:08:51 -0400
  ...My 91 stock manual, I can not get it to engage in any gear while to motor is running. If I start it with...
• Gearing Calculator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Thu, 7 Aug 1997 07:51:38 -0700
  'Morning all! I just posted a Gearing Calculator on my web site. (http://coyote.accessnv.com/wayback) It's a conversion of a spreadsheet...
• Re: SA 5-speed transmissions and changing ratios
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 28 May 1999 10:22:42 -0400
  ...Syncro? Is > the 5th gear an OD gear, or does it use a G-gear (1st) for that 5th gear and > a "direct" final...
• Re: '90 Westy 2nd gear
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:44:58 -0500
  ...When shifting into > second (cold), the gear grinds, and generally takes some force to get it > into gear properly. Any ideas? Thanks in advance...
• Fix for non-working odometer
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:41:52 -0700
  If your vanagon speedometer is working, but the odometer isn't, try removing the speedometer to the point you can see the gears (easy...
• Re: Joseph Murphy's gearing question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:56:05 EST
  Hello, What I would recommend instead of changing the gear ratios is to change the ring and pinion from the diesel 5.86 to...
• another odometer repair
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:27:52 -0400
  1986 with AT Been in there twice before getting the plastic gear secured, this time it was the gray metal one slipping on the...
• Re: rebuilt tranny slipping out of 4th gear
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Jul 1998 23:11:04 -0400
  You have one of three problems, 4th gear itself is worn, (where the hub engages) or the main shaft bearing is moving in the...
• Re: Haka CS- gearing effects of larger tires
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:31:59 -0400
  Mark, I just put two lengthy posts on the SubaruVanagon Yahoo Group about my experiences with larger tires and gearing changes up with Suby...
• Re: Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:02:11 -0800
  ...This sounds dead on for my van. > > It also gives me: > > ~18mph for 1st gear @ 4,000 RPM > ~34mph for 2nd gear @ 4,000...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:32:11 -0500
  Also check the plastic ball inside the shifter cup at the gearbox. They can crack causing sloppy shifting and eventually lost 1-2 gears...
• Re: question regarding clutch bearings and shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:19:57 -0500
  If the pilot bearing is seized, would I still be able to start the engine with the gear shift in neutral and just let...
• Re: curious ebay vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:33 -0700
  The North American Vanagon 4 speeds have a .85 top gear. Other Vanagon models had .82 or .77, for 5 speeds. Aftermarket makes a...
• Re: broken gear box
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 2 Nov 2017 12:02:01 -0700
  ...If the rear linkage broke first then driver can't move anything inside the gear box and break something in it. On the other...
• buzzing gearshift
  Historical mailing list - Randy
  Sun, 5 Jun 94 13:54:24 CDT
  During my recent roadtrip to NC, the gearshift on my '76 bus had the annoying habit of buzzing loudly at highway speeds. It only...
• Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:52:56 -0500
  Just reading the post about "New Engine Conversion" - and I wonder - besides cost, is there any reason why engines have not had meshed gears...
• Re: No gears
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:24:24 -0700
  ...the axle would just spin in the drum on one side, giving 'no gears' ...as though say, the input shaft to the trans was...
• Re: regearing a manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:18:05 -0400
  ...The .77 5th ratio combines >> with that to have nearly identical 5th gearing as 4th in the wbx 4 speed. >> >> His 1st gear starts...
• Re: Transmission/gear lube
  Historical mailing list - James Flournoy
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:53:42 -0700
  Gear Lube vs Transmission lube You need to really read the labels many GEAR lubes (even synthetic) are not suitable for synchromesh trannies or...
• Re: clutch problem
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 21:04:03 -0700
  ...I still can't get it > into any gear. You can feel the engine RPM lower as I try to push the gear > shift...
• Hard to shift into first gear after warmed up
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 08:50:17 -0700
  ...Hard to shift into first gear after warmed up --part1_14.1b6ac19f.28eaba7f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding...
• transmission rebuilding--how difficult?
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:07:03 -0600
  Hi, I have an 85 westy with a standard tranny that works great in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gears. The 4th gear is the...
• Transmission question: Source for higher ratio 3rd and 4th gears ?
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 22:42:04 -0400
  I just returned early from my big cross-country trip, due to a broken 4th gear in the Syncro trans. (Of course, Murphy's...
• Re: transmission rebuild
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:14:49 -0700
  ...Ist gear is bad.. 1/2 slider is bad if 1st is bad.. 4th gear is bad.. 3/4 slider is bad if it...
• Re: sounds of doomed tranny?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:14:11 -0800
  Before you do any repairs, drain out the old gear oil and replace with Red Line Synthetic gear oil. When I drained mine the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 23 Jun 2007 (#2007-635)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:48:53 -0400
  ...The intake gear is very interesting and > complicated. The gear is actually two gears, sandwiched together. The two > gears have a spring which pushes...
• Re: Popping out of 4th gear!!
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:50:59 -0600
  ...If the front transmission mount is worn, and moving with the torque, it can cause the transmission to jump out of gear! I had...
• Caravana Pan-Americana logo gear
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:00:12 -0800
  Folks, Just a quick note to announce the availability of gear embroidered with the Caravana Pan-Americana logo. Even if you're not going...
• Question about torque convertors.
  Historical mailing list - Brian Wagener
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:16:12 -0400
  ...And the teeth are worn on the torque convertor, and is consequently eating the starter gears. Do you know how the gears are connected...