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• Re: Oil Cooler Upgrade I did...
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 5 May 1999 04:44:10 -0700
  ...Anyways, as for location, I >chose to put the cooler in the area just fore of the transmission, the >angled surface that is the...
• Re: TIICO Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 14:58:03 -0400
  ...If you make the trans work harder by raising the shift points, you should think about converting to an air cooler instead of leaving...
• Re: Automatic transmission failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:19:58 -0500
  A true re-manufactured transaxle should include a torque converter and oil cooler. A local transmission or repair shop should be able to repair...
• Transmission gross vehicle weight capacity
  Historical mailing list - Moritz, Thomas W NWW
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:16:26 -0700
  ...I was also thinking about installing a transmission fluid cooler to offset the higher loading but this doesn't address items such as gearing...
• Re: Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:25:19 -0500
  ...flows >> in the waterboxer evidenced by good ol' TK's "scoop cooler". >> Transmission fluid is kept at the coolant temperature by the heat >> exchanger...
• FS: $3500 1985 Vanagon Westfalia Weekend Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Dave Neebe
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:11:38 -0600
  For Sale 155,000 Miles Air Conditioned (needs compressor) Power Steering Power Brakes Power Steering Cruise Control Auto Transmission Water Cooled Engine Has poptop...
• coolant in Automatic transmission!! NOOOOOOOO.....!
  Historical mailing list - raul lince
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 03:08:46 +0000
  ...My ATF cooler i think has leaked AT fluid into my coolant and vice versa! Now ive got all this coolant into my Auto...
• Re: Update, looking for Automatic transmission for 90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:12:35 -0800
  First, I wouldn't put in in without adding an aftermarket oil cooler, the Vanagon weighs a lot more, and more torque slip means...
• Re: Transmission gross vehicle weight capacity
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 14:17:04 -0700
  ...their synthetic ATF will work in your transmission. You already have a factory water cooled ATF cooler on the A/T, and you shouldn...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:02:14 -0400
  ...My cooler is installed in the space above/near the transmission on the oil filter side of the engine and this would be a...
• Re: Moving forward - with an autotranny.....
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 23 May 2014 09:01:54 -0700
  ...According to Go Westy they fail internally, destroying the transmission and wreaking havoc with the cooling system without warning. Not worth the risk. http...
• Re: Cost of AT rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:47:32 -0400
  ...I would recommend replacing the torque converter (they get rebuilt) and cleaning, pressure testing the oil cooler. Parts prices will vary depending on needs...
• Re: 2.1 MT pipe-to-thermostat hose
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 4 Mar 2009 14:41:09 -0500
  ...062E, the coolant hose that goes over the > top of the transmission is NLA. Anyone know if this is likely a > "permanent" condition or...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:34:08 -0700
  ...months! It also has burst two (metal) differential coolers, flooding coolant into and ruining my transmission. Any ideas what could be happening? My friends...
• Re: Subaru engine gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 9 Jul 2017 11:01:29 -0700
  ...The automatic transmission needs a different cooler. Interestingly, German Transaxle provides the rebuilt A/Ts to Go Westy, and they now include GT's...
• Re: Aircooled vs. WBX manual transmission
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:37:33 -0700
  ...that is specifically designed to put the earlier transmission ( 80 to 82 air-cooled Vanagons - the DK ) where there was an 83 and later...
• Re: Oil Splatters in Engine Compartment
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 01 Aug 1995 15:16:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...My "little crack" developed on the transmission side of the cooler mount. The bus leaked oil. Within a week of 200 mi/day driving...
• Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 4 Apr 2012 15:24:57 -0700
  ...wrote: > Hi to all, > > This is a first to me. �The transmission cooler has failed, thus releasing a lot of oil into the cooling...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:05:46 -0500
  ...The line of reasoning that led him to > come up with that glue on air scoop transmission cooler is bizarre*, but I'm > sure...
• Re: Oil cooling..
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:55:09 -0800
  ...oil out at the Transmission drain plug and > putting it back in at > the filler plug. A Mocal cooler and a Tilton pump. > Brought...
• Wrap Up: Oil mess on rear hatch after high speed run on freeway
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:43:33 -0700
  ...replaced the oil cooler seal. My engine oil leak problem is under control, however I an now noticing that my transmission has a slow...
• Re: More Cooling System/ now oil coolers/ more detail
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 00:57:12 EDT
  ...Now, if only something could be done about the transmission! So, blither, I think the liquid/liquid exchanger/cooler should be kept but supplemented...
• Vanagon-Subaru Camper project FS
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:09:49 -0700
  ...After a used transmission & new trans cooler (air), we put in a new master cylinder, new front calipers- pads - rubber hoses, repacked the front...
• Re: Leaking automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:53:57 EST
  You don't think that maybe your tranny oil cooler is somehow not working properly. This would allow the tranny oil to get hotter...
• Fw: cooling hose part number
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:04:33 -0500
  ...into the middle of it that goes to the automatic transmission oil cooler. The various diagrams don't show anything like it. -Hans 87...
• Re: Coolant flush after ATF cooler failure
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 19:58:04 -0400
  Just goes to show--If it aint broke, dont fix it. Transmissions get really really hot!! After draining the fluid a few times , like...
• "Regular" ATF?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 19 May 2011 09:22:16 -0700
  I need to pick up some ATF to top off the transmission after I put on the Gowesty external ATF cooler. I called German...
• AT Intercooler Question
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:35:31 -0500
  A question has arisen in the rebuild of the auto transmission in my son's 87 Westy. Hopefully I can ask it correctly. Does...
• What water boxer to replace my 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:51:42 -0400
  ...1 Stainless GW muffler, a very nice oil cooler, cooling system on the Auto transmission. So I’m looking at dropping the 1.p...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 06:27:25 +0000
  ...Do these coolers commonly fail for the 2.1 as well? My 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile with 2.1 engine (manual transmission) has...
• Re: hauling a GL on a UHaul auto hauler
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:23:13 -0500
  ...is an automatic ( BTW I know virtually nothing of Jeeps) a > transmission cooler might be a wise modification, esp. if you plan to do...
• Re: VW Hats
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:09:32 -0700
  ...wooden floors, leaking drop-head covers, pull-string door >latches on the inside, roast-your-leg transmissions, multiple six-volt >batteries, side-draft carburetors...
• Re: Vanagon and Type 2 Auto transmissions
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:06:03 -0700
  ...All they did was change the reverse ring gear hub, fill tube location, and/or drill & tap the case for the cooler. I had...
• Re: naive A/C lines question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:28:30 -0700
  ...A cheaper and more useful solution would be a generic transmission cooler IMO. Anyway, the low (here) was 90�F last night, and 110...
• Re: Golf/ jetta auto trans can be used with vanagon diffs
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:11:46 -0500
  ...I always use the regular ones without and leave the cooler > lines attached to the cooler and secure it in, because you'll have...
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon, what MPG?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 23:02:47 -0800
  Kim, My Subie uses a autotrans with an extra transmission cooler and fan. Trans temps never gets past 210�F. BenT On Tue, 7...
• RE : Ticked Off at oil filter adaptors
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:35:22 -0500
  ...cooler then back to the engine. > ><snip> > > > >If you go to the Pep Boys and look in the section for transmission oil >coolers they...
• RE: Tranny/Engine mounts for T4->T1 engine conv.?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 13:47:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...2.) '71s had dualport engines with the doghouse fan shroud and offset oil cooler. Most single-port engines don't have this, unless someone...
• 60 bar?
  Historical mailing list - One Morecar
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 17:35:50 +1000
  ...seat as emergency fuel hoes) on which is written &quot;transmission oil cooler hose 60 bar&quot;</FONT></P> <P><FONT class=f size...
• Re: Buying a new manual transmission - considering Go Westy final drive increase
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 19 May 2005 19:25:12 -0400
  ...As for the engine running at 4,000 rpm, a good oil cooler will keep it happy. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: naive A/C lines question
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 21:55:38 -0700
  ...A cheaper and more useful solution would be a generic transmission cooler IMO. Anyway, the low (here) was 90�F last night, and 110...
• oil filler tube
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 19:26:09 -0500
  ...The manual transmission version is just a straight-forward hose. The AT version has a smaller hose (for the AT cooler) grafted onto it...
• Update, looking for Automatic transmission for 90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:48:06 -0500
  ...The late Bus and early Vanagon used the NG auto trans with a Z torque converter, no tranny cooler, and the same final drive...
• Re: Repost: Air-cooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:17:21 -0400
  ...transmission oil cooler fan in addition to this that >i >>> found in a junkyard for free (this fan really puts out the >>> air!) >>> > >>> >It...
• Re: Transmission issue
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 13 May 2015 09:14:50 -0700
  ...Transmission issue > > I have a 1987 Wolfsburg Carat tin top > With auto transmission problems. > In the morning when cold, > I start the van in...
• Auto transmission
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:13:27 -0600
  ...Only 4 studs mount the transmission to the > transaxle, it's no big deal to swap things around. The transmission coolers > come in different...
• Re: Dexron III compatible with my plan? + Ammendment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 22:16:55 -0500
  ...Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:16:19 -0500 > >If you have a dirty transmission, you probably have bad transmission or >one that will be...
• Re: trying to locate VW automatic transmission seals
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:09:51 -0500
  ...409 637 A > (6 x 2) 2.42 > > O-ring, transmission cooler to transmission, 089 409 069 > 1.62 > > O-ring, governor cover, 003...
• Selling '81 Westfalia in Montreal
  Historical mailing list - Johannes Emigholz
  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:36:27 -0400
  ...DK Type; 4 gear manual transmission History: Build December 1980 in Hannover, Germany. Rebuilt as camper van by Westfalia in Germany 1981. Export to...
• Re: 1st successful road trip report (longish)!
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 08:17:23 -0700
  ...it was I couldn't get away without blowing $1500 on those 16" alloys and a new transmission cooler. John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
• Trannsmission Care
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:40:14 -0500
  ...flush to clean sediment from the lines (especially inline coolers). Remove tranny lines from transmission, the bottle will adapt to the line, press to...
• Re: Replace trans oil cooler? 90 Vanagon automatic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 10:10:51 -0500
  ...cooler? 90 Vanagon automatic At 10:55 AM 12/2/2004, you wrote: >Should I heed the warnings out there, and have the transmission...
• Re: automatic transmission rebuild - can I do-it-myself?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:38:01 -0800
  ...there are 'rebuild kits' for automatic transmissions, sold online. do a search. I'm not sure there are rebuild kits for vanagon transaxles .......but...
• Re: Camp stove input requested
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:54:54 +0000
  ...On both the >equipment was the same. >No stove, sink, etc... >Jumpseat under behind the drivers seat >12V/120V cooler behind the front passenger...
• Re: Fiberglass Exhaust Wrap - Cooler engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:06:21 -0400
  ...Fiberglass Exhaust Wrap - Cooler engine compartment > Chris, > Yes, I have wrapped the entire manifold and muffler. It is an effort (did > mine with manifold...
• Re: Eric's van is running again
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Mon, 2 Nov 2020 05:04:07 -0800
  ...Also the transmission was rebuilt including changing the final drive from 4.09 to 3.73. With the original oil cooler replaced with the...
• Need good Westy Auto Trans shop in SE Michigan
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:13:22 -0400
  Our friends have a 90 Westy, and replaced the automatic transmission 2 years ago when the flex plate failed. About 6 months to a...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:31:19 -0700
  ...months! > > It also has burst two (metal) differential coolers, flooding coolant > into and ruining my transmission. > > Any ideas what could be happening? > > My friends...
• Aluminum to brass thread galling
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:58:48 -0800
  ...One of the things I added was a SmallCar transmission cooler. The kit uses NPT taper threaded to barbed fittings to attach the hoses...
• Re: Transmission gross vehicle weight capacity
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:27:25 -0700
  ...I was also thinking about installing a > transmission fluid cooler to offset the higher loading but this doesn't > address items such as gearing...