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• Re: Automatic Trans. problems; Advice Needed!
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:10:33 -0700
  I think that you have a problem with over servicing on the transmission, the transaxel wont leak into the transmission, but transmission fluid will...
• Automatic Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Wed, 6 May 1998 16:19:00 EDT
  I understand that the automatic transmissions upshift very quickly. I was wondering if gas pedal position has anything to do with upshifting. I adjusted...
• Re: 1988 Auto Trans 7 Seat Vanagon FS in Franklin PA 16323
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:53:35 -0500
  ...1988 VW Vanagon with inoperative automatic transmission (only > reverse gear is operative). 78,000 miles total on van. Engine runs well, If anyone is...
• Re: Tiico Out of business!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:48:00 +1000
  ...rebuilt Vanagon automatic transmissions with the A2 (Golf/ Jetta) final drive. Can anyone help me with information about this please? What was the advantage...
• Re: Automatic transmission Issue
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 2 Mar 2018 10:28:25 -0800
  ​RE: "Bang" A SWAG here but how about engine mounts?
• Re: auto tranny noise
  Historical mailing list - James Huskins
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:09:38 -0500
  ...John and list, Of course his policy could have changed, but last winter Darryl told me that he no longer does automatic transmissions. James...
• Survey: brake pad life
  Historical mailing list - Moritz, Thomas W NWW
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 08:44:23 -0700
  ...Less for Vanagons with automatic transmissions and he would assume less for Westfalias with automatic transmissions. I am trying to get a better feel...
• Re: automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Scott Longing
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:29:46 -0400
  ...scott At 02:34 PM 8/23/2002 -0700, gordy jones wrote: >Has anyone ever owned a vanagon with automatic transmission? If you were...
• Re: Automatic Rebuilder
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Feb 2014 23:35:39 -0500
  ...COM> wrote: > > We have an automatic too, and it's my understanding that it is the same automatic transmission that VW/Audi used in...
• Re: Simpler is better? Some nonVW content... & diesel
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:29:10 -0700
  > > > >automatic transmission > > Auto transmissions are crap for lazy people. Poor performance, poor > economy... and expensive if needing repairs (and they're more likely > to...
• tool list
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Tue, 20 May 2003 21:36:22 -0700
  Here is the list of tools I used to remove the automatic transmission out of my '88 Wolfburg Vanagon: 2 jack stands (good ones...
• Towing an Automatic Vanagon. Cutting the drive axles?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:54:52 -0400
  ...If the front wheels were up, the problem at hand is the automatic transmission right? You could tow a manual vanagon fine with the...
• Re: Automatic transmission, WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:23:01 -0400
  ...26/2009, Marc Perdue wrote... > >> So, who the heck designs an automatic transmission that, when the >> pedal is to the floor, kicks down to...
• Re: Automatic transmission question
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:16:11 +0000
  ...The one thing that is giving me some trouble is the automatic > transmission. If you can help me with that, read on. > > I have...
• Re: 1985 GL Automatic transmission issues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 12:04:03 -0800
  ...Thank you, Aaron Bright Louisville, KY >> >> I know very little about automatic transmissions but the guy who ran >> the transmission shop across the road...
• Re: Automatic transmission woes on 84 2WD vANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 06:25:05 -0400
  ...AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Last year, my local VW mechanic had my automatic transmission rebuilt. A year > later, when the transmission won't...
• Re: Someone on the list prank calling me?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 06:38:56 -0800
  ...engine and Automatic Transmission! He wanted to replace the > "unreliable" 5 cylinder with an ABA 4 cylinder and the automatic > transmission with a manual...
• Aircooled transmission into water cooled van- AUTOMATIC
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:52:39 -0400
  ...We have an aircooled automatic transmission...... I know it's a strange question, but i'd like to hear what you guys think about...
• Re: re: EV Transmission Preference
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  27 May 97 21:34:07 EDT
  ...for manual or automatic transmissions? >(especially in terms of derivability and service.) >IMHO, I like automatics, but maybe a manual transmission is the way...
• automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 18:43:54 -0500
  ...So can anyone tell me what my future hold for me and my automatic? Bob 84 westy Menomonie Wisconsin
• Re: Installing Starter
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:33:11 EDT
  There are two different starters for manual transmission and automatic. If the one you got was from a manual then it won't fit...
• Redline for automatics.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 00:09:10 -0600
  I've been told that D4ATF is the right type of Redline transmission fluid for my 85 automatic. Can anyone confirm this? I don...
• Re: ok, how about an 87 automatic with bad transmission? USA PA Reading ... $650 obo
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 7 Oct 2007 04:02:52 -0700
  I have an automatic tranny FS to go in it. Malcolm, Halifax NS ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story...
• Re: 1984 Westphalia Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:35:10 -0400
  ...1984 Westfalia Automatic Transmission The problem is my automatic transmission. I just pulled the Westfalia out of the weeds after 5 years. Got the...
• Re: Convert manual into an automatic?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:37:54 -0400
  ...don't let her ;0) I would love to install an automatic transmission with the Subaru engine. How daunting a task is this (tranny...
• Re: Automatic transmission, WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:04:18 -0400
  ...The damn transmission keeps bouncing back and forth as my > speed varies between 45 and 55, trying to haul my butt over the > mountain...
• Re: Automatic or stick?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Sep 1995 06:51:25 -0700
  ...transmission waits too long before it will downshift to go up the hill. I have driven in DC traffic and YES an automatic is...
• 85 westy, impending zetec conversion plus auto to manual conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 10:08:55 -0600
  ...I am also thinking that I want to switch from automatic to manual transmission at the same time. I am thinking about getting this...
• Re: Coolant in my automatic tranmission fluid...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:35:18 -0800
  ...Joe On 07 Feb 2003, Mark Dorm wrote: > Okay, so I have coolant in my automatic > transmission, and ATF in my coolant. In my...
• Re: Manual or AT?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:01:07 -0400
  ...None of my manual transmission cars will go into Reverse unless they're at an absolute dead stop. > In an automatic you are at...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:17:09 +1300
  There are folks in germany who have fitted Tiptronic transmissions. Any rear-engined Porsche trans can be fitted to a T3. It's a...
• Re: From the vw news rumor mill
  Historical mailing list - Karl Hartmut Filc
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:48:44 -0500
  ...one version had an infinitely variable > automatic transmission using opposing cones and a belt for the > transmission. I always wondered what one of those...
• Re: CV Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 18 May 2004 11:55:35 -0600
  The Civic Hybrid uses a CV transmission. On Tuesday, May 18, 2004, at 11:21 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Subject: Re: CV Transmissions...
• Re: automatic transmission oil leak - more details
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Sat, 3 May 2003 20:30:56 -0700
  ...automatic transmission oil leak - more details >Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 22:38:01 -0400 > >I did a check underneat my Westfalia 87 to...
• Re: automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 03:39:52 +0000
  Hi Gordy, Like all other Vanagon systems, it depends on the previous duty and whether the transmission was serviced correctly. The ATF should be...
• FS: Parts Van - '84 Vanagon L automatic
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:44:09 -0400
  ...Vehicle transmission is an automatic. I'm sure he sell the entire beast or if you need parts, let me (rcampbell at usa dot...
• OPINIONS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Newland
  Mon, 20 May 96 06:04:55 PST
  ...Also, does anyone have an average price to rebuild an automatic transmission? Thanks Scott snewland@symantec.com
• Re: power steering
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:26:09 EST
  ...Is this Automatic Transmission Fluid or a special > type of steering fluid. > > vanagons use regular Dextron automatic trans fluid in the power steering resivoir...
• help - automatic dipstick length
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Wed, 18 May 2005 11:15:22 -0400
  I'm trying out a late-model automatic transmission but I don't have the dipstick and I'd like to check the oil...
• Why automatic 86 vanagon's differential failed
  Historical mailing list - dodge89
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:16:04 -0400
  ...The automatic is still good. I'd like to find a used transmission, perhaps with the automatic worn out and bolt my automatic to...
• Automatic Transmission Fluid Contamination.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 9 Dec 2014 13:55:30 -0800
  ...Would an oil sample analysis be cost ineffective? For various reasons, I've given thought to owning a Vanagon with an automatic transmission. Neil...
• Re: Where to get 84 GL Automatic Transmission rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - John Hawk
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:50:51 -0600
  ...Where to get 84 GL Automatic Transmission rebuilt? Happy Holidays list. A couple of days ago I removed the transmission from my 1984 Vanagon...
• Auto Transmissions $1395
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 26 Mar 1999 19:10:08 -0500
  I have four Vanagon automatic transmissions available, new Volkswagen units with torque converters, for $1395 each. These are originally for '83-85 Vanagons. They...
• Re: is power steering fluid generic?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:56:51 -0700
  RE: Power Steering Fluid Bently specifies Dexron Automatic Transmission Fluid.
• Re: Automatic Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:41:27 -0700
  ...Get yourself a bently book, a clean work space, a master kit for the transmission. Take the transmission apart and overhaul it yourself. Phil...
• '85 auto Tranny hard shifting, "whining noise"
  Historical mailing list - Tom Naylor II
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 18:44:13 -0800
  Dear Volks, I've been experiencing intermittent "hard shifts" with my automatic transmission for the last few weeks. Typically, as I'm beginning acceleration...
• Is a aircooled vanagon ECU different between automatic and manual transmissions?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:45:18 -0500
  The injection systems between the air-cooled manual and automatic transmissions (federal model) are identical except the A/t does not have a deceleration...
• Re: ominous sounds from automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:24:56 -0500
  ...ominous sounds from automatic transmission > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Have CV joints been considered ? > > I've been involved with two vanagon automatic transmissions...
• Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:34:00 -0400
  ...I know a oil cooler is being added to my Automatic transmission but I don’t know the type! I’m sure it will...
• Re: Synthetic in Automatic?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:26:43 -0600
  LOREN BUSCH wrote: > While people are talking about automatic vs. manual can anyone respond > to this? One, has anyone gone to synthetic ATF in...
• Re: Type F?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:26:23 -0400
  ...Is Type F automatic transmission fluid compatible with the Vanagon automatic transmission? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westphalia...
• Re: ominous sounds from automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Richard DIXON
  Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:53:54 +0000
  ...ominous sounds from automatic transmission > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Have CV joints been considered ? > > I've been involved with two vanagon automatic transmissions...
• Auto Transmission Fluid Ports
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 1 Mar 2012 17:11:40 -0800
  So in the wake of the discussion on cooling of automatic transmission fluid, I am once again indulging my instrumentation fetish, this time by...
• Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 21:52:17 +0000
  ...oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission! While these are pretty reliable, when the A/T cooler goes...
• Re: women and standard gearbox
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:41:45 -0700
  ...but then, i've also been taught to pull up the parking brake BEFORE putting an automatic transmission into Park. :) unca joel
• vanagon trivia..who can answer this???
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 May 2005 11:49:43 EDT
  ...why do automatic transmission vanagons have a plastic accelerator pedal reinforced with metal, and manual transmission vanagons just have a plastic accelerator pedal with...
• Re: automatic transmission 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:43:49 -0700
  ...automatic transmission 87 Vanagon >In a message dated 99-03-22 21:02:38 EST, you write: > ><< Subj: Re: automatic transmission 87 Vanagon > Date...
• Re: Subie swap curiosity
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 4 May 2013 19:42:26 -0400
  I beg to differ as far as the requirement for a replacement automatic transmission cooler is concerned, at least using a 2.2L Subaru...
• Three '85 Westys For Sale in Texas!
  Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 01:02:30 MDT
  ...Excellent interior and exterior Recent paint (Gold) Automatic transmission 92K miles $5495 OBO Westy #2: Very good interior; good body-some scratches and minor...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:14:56 -0800
  ...So I though that maybe, just maybe someone had done a porsche automatic transmission conversion and I wanted to know more about it... Would...