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• Gear Box Slippery Stuff
  Historical mailing list - ANDREW WILLIAMS
  Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:25:04 +0100
  G`day List,can anyone tell me an easy way to check/refill the oil in the gearbox of my 88 TD syncro,also...
• Re: Bearing load on reverse driven transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 19:51:56 -0600
  ...Either that, or cut some reverse pitch gears to reverse the axial force. Or use straight cut gears, but those'd be noisy. I...
• Re: regearing a manual trans
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:01:20 -0700
  Don doesn't have taller gearing though. His USA model 5 speed is from a 1983 1.6 NA diesel van, with a 5...
• Re: 83-85 & 86-91 Gas Manual Gear Ratios
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:18:51 -0700
  ...83-85 & 86-91 Gas Manual Gear Ratios > > > > > > > > > >>I wasn't able to quickly find this info through google. Basically, did > >>gear ratios change...
• Selecting Gears
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Dec 95 11:20:16 GMT
  > Ben, > > Before dropping the engine, check the shifter linkage at the base of the gear > shift lever. If for some reason you do not...
• Re: WHERE IS A 5 SPEED ??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 07:21:13 EDT
  ...Costs a little more than the .483 but gives you an overdrive gear, first gear is useable (with the .483 I had to shift...
• Re: VR6 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 11:17:38 +0200
  ...The adapter for "engine->gearbox" could stay the same, I guess. > Are you strengthening the gearbox? I am driving the Audi V6 (not the...
• Thanks to Dennis Haynes! Gearbox rebuilt!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 28 May 2017 13:26:11 -0400
  All, > Dennis Haynes rebuilt my Syncro gearbox. I installed it and have been driving for a couple of weeks now It is performing flawlessly...
• Re: AT first gear whine?
  Historical mailing list - Barb & Scott Stothers
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 14:42:38 -0500
  Mine has that distinctive AT 1st gear whine since I bought it. Nothing wrong in 76,000 km miles works just fine. I have...
• Re: Engine Conversion Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:21:37 -0600
  ...I wouldn't use the VW gearbox. Two reasons: gear ratios and strength. Everything I have heard is that the Porsche gearboxes are stronger...
• Re: '88 Power Steering - ATF Dexron ??
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 31 Mar 1996 07:30:27 -0800 (PST)
  ...As for the brass parts being corroded by gear oils, this was > aproblem when the extreme pressure aditive packages contained sulfur. > Remember that gear...
• Re: I gotta tranny... what is the gearing? no codes
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:13:05 -0500
  ...what is the gearing? no codes > > I'm working on a person's bus and he wants to know the gearing. > Supposedly the tranny...
• Argh! My transmission went kaput!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 95 08:44:50 PST
  ...While in third gear I came to a stop and to my horror I could not get it into neutral. After frantically working the...
• Other Synthetic Gear Lubes besides Redline?
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:38:52 CDT
  ...I have read the numerous positive comments about the Redline (MT-5?) gear lube for our vanagon manual transmissions, but am having trouble finding...
• Re: 20W50 Castorl Engine Oil
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 12:44:29 -0400
  ...Why are you even considering it? Proper gear oil is easy to find.
• Gear Oil?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 07:56:24 +1100 (DST)
  I want to change the gearbox oil in my '91 Transporter - the manual suggests API - GL4 SAE 80 or G50 75W90. Could anyone tell...
• Re: Is my Syncro box about to blow-another comment
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 01:38:09 EST
  sanbyj@TELKOM.CO.ZA writes: << My fourth gear required replacing at about 160k Km. >> I am starting to see excessive wear on the pinion...
• Re: KMH / MPH speedometer face available?
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:54:09 -0700
  I seem to recall some conversation regarding the gear pairs in the speedo. "W" gears comes to mind. All the speedos are essentially the...
• Resolved: 1st & 3rd shifting woes
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:06:45 -0700
  Well I found that my linkage at the tranny was loose and the culprit of "popping" out of 1st and 3rd gears. Removed, inspected...
• Re: Slipping Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:42:00 -0700
  The latter - I move the shifter into plce and then 3 or so seconds later it grabs the gear. On 8/27/02 3...
• Re: synthetic gear lube leakage?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 7 Nov 2000 14:04:27 +1100
  ...synthetic gear lube leakage? > >Anybody had any trouble with redline (or other synthetic oil) leaking from >gearbox? Yea Mick,I do on occasions.Sometimes...
• Trans-axle information & suggestions
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Sun, 5 May 2002 10:01:13 -0700
  I have many customers who love the .77 4th gear set I have put in during rebuilds...only one who did not, he had...
• Re: what steering gear grease?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:38:25 EST
  In a message dated 3/28/04 5:32:57 PM, Oxroad@AOL.COM writes: << What grease is OK for the steering gear? Bentley...
• Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:59:37 -0400
  Lawnmowers use meshed gears too, at least until the OHC motors came out. You never heard your neighbor talking about how his belt or...
• Re: No gears
  Historical mailing list - pierre m d
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:28:35 -0400
  ...In fact, as you said it's more like i can't get the shift lever to move into the gear when the engine...
• Need Planetary for 090 A/T
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:19:11 -0500
  I'm in the middle rebuilding the automatic transmission from my '91 Carat, and I need what Bentley calls the "forward planetary gear set...
• Re: new driveshafts for raised vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 21:10:16 -0700
  ...you'll have 1 forward gear and 5 reverse gear ratios. this is true of many transaxles from cars with front-mounted engines. Basically...
• Transaxle - Movement of Gear Shifter Normal?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 24 May 2001 10:35:09 -0700
  I was informed over the weekend around the campfire that it is not normal for the gearshifter to move when you let off the...
• Re: Acckk! My gear juice is *blue*...
  Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:05:23 -0700
  ...Mmmmm, that distinctive stench of gear oil.... > But wait, what's this..? Ackkk! The oil is BLUE! > > O.K, I've checked the gear...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:05:10 EST
  ...The whole diesel gearbox and engine sit lower and tilted to the rear compared to the 2.0 gas aircooled. THAT is why the...
• Re: transmission--Redline products
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 14:30:51 -0400
  Actually I would vote for a bearing(s) in the transmission, as opposed to the gears. Just my $0.02 :) Good luck! Howard On...
• Shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 25 May 2000 05:54:27 -0700
  ...It does have one condition that pops up from time to time and that is when you put it in first gear, it seems...
• Re: red mark on metric odometer
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 May 2001 18:22:20 -0500
  Thats your shift point for third to forth gear. In other words max RPM for 3rd gear.
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 20 May 2006 04:05:47 -0700
  ...Pushing the button moves the lever against the cam on the odo gears- if the tenths gear is stuck in some fashion to the...
• Re: Capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 07:39:28 -0800
  ...What happens if API GL-5 gear oil is used in an API GL-4 gear oil application? API GL-4 and API GL...
• Re: How I Fixed My Odometer
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Fri, 20 May 2005 01:57:58 -0400
  ...The only difference was when I pushed the black gear back into the worm gear it worked for a thousand miles, then 500 the...
• Manual tranny 3rd gear jumpout
  Historical mailing list - paul guard
  Wed, 2 Mar 2016 15:43:16 +0000
  It sounds as though the shifter has been adjusted so that it doesn't quite allow full engagement in 3rd gear. It won't...
• Gear shifter knob thread and pitch question? (link for pics)
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:04:17 -0400
  Hello List, Does anyone know the pitch and thread for the gearshifter knob? I have an old glass door know that I like to...
• How much / what kind final drive oil in A/T?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Adams
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:07:26 -0700
  ...Before I install into the van I want to change the gear oil and final drive pan gasket. What is the capacity of gear...
• Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:49:32 -0700
  Yup, a gear driven cam and side-valves too on their little flathead motors. A low efficiency design, not used much in cars or...
• Re: How do I get the #&(*&!$# distributor gear on the crank?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:39:31 -0500
  ...How do I get the #&(*&!$# distributor gear on the crank? >Hi all: > >I've been trying to get the brass distributor gear on my...
• Re: clutch dragging... hmmm
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:23:52 EDT
  ...a little bit hard to force it into gear, reverse gear wants to grind, and often going into 1st you can hear a "clunk...
• Tim Smith On Trans FAQ
  Historical mailing list - "Tim Smith (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:15:55 -0500
  ...Older plastic housing needles are better, more temp resistant (I've seen these slagged!!!) - stronger 4/5 gears prevent tooth failure BUT gearbox still...
• Re: 1st gear shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Fitzgerald, Kevin
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:24:19 -0400
  ...1st gear shifting problem I have an '89 Sycro and am having problems shifting into first gear. All the other gears are fine (I...
• Re: sounds of doomed tranny?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:39:35 -0500
  ...Amsoil! ;) Brad developtrust wrote: >Before you do any repairs, drain out the old gear oil and replace with Red >Line Synthetic gear oil. When...
• An answer: adding auto trannie fluid - where's the hole?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 19:59:24 -0500
  ...Remember the 80-90 weight gear oil is for the differential.... the part of the tranny with the axles coming out. Putting gear oil...
• Re: Gear Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:11:29 -0400
  ...I could not get it into 1st gear, I could get in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and reverse just fine, but first was a problem...
• Speedo Gear
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:33:32 -0400
  Is there a source for the metal speedo gear that ususally fails? This seems to be a common problem with many VW and other...
• Re: Transmission Main Shaft! Help
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 19:23:44 EST
  OK..the reverse gear needs to come badk until it almost hits the gear carrier..AND you need to have the carrier turned so...
• Re: Transmission will not go into gear
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 11:04:57 -0400
  If you can get it in to gear with the engine off, than the problem is that the clutch is not disengaging. The chirping...
• Re: '86 MT grinding when entering 3rd gear
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 18:59:41 -0400
  ...Items that fail frequently are the 3-4 slider hub, 4th gear, pinion and main shaft bearings, and the 2nd gear syncro. The gear...
• Re: 90 Vanagon trans 3rd gear grinding-reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:01:51 EDT
  Don Erbel is having some transaxle difficulty..... <<My 1990 Multivan Vanagon grinds when shifting into 3rd gear. >> Don, What you maybe feeling with the...
• Re: transmission 4 speed
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:22:30 +1300
  ...the actual tranny need a complete rebuilt >Jerome Grenon For the strongest aftermarket gears, contact: Albins Offroad Gear, 7 Traminer Court, Wendouree 3355 Ballarat...
• Re: AT: how it works
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:16:41 -0700
  ...I am > assuming that the 2nd gear > brake band is utilized only for second gear > operation. Do any other > pistons operate to activate 2nd...
• Re: Slipping Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:12:04 -0700
  ...Slipping Transmission >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all - sometimes it seems like my Van doesn't shift to the right gear. >>>>>> I'll be in gear and want...
• Tiptronic-Modification now public Domain
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 19 Mar 2016 18:38:05 +0100
  ...40mm teeth on gears, lowered holes for stock gearbox studs. Folder 2 show new setup: 38mm teeth on gears, no lowered holes for stock...
• Hesitation starting in 1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Jordan
  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:54:06 -0400
  ...My analysis so far is that it only occurs when just starting off in 1st gear (1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd are...
• Re: Speedo drive on Syncro diff
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:27:08 -0700
  Yes, the speedo drive gear inside the Syncro front diff is known to fail. The gear is made of plastic. It can be removed...
• Re: Engine Break-In Oil Weight
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 8 May 2007 21:41:42 -0700
  ...It then connects to the chamber below the gears where the large diameter gear on the rear end of the camshaft is located. The...
• Re: what causes 3rd & 4th gear to go out?
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 23:50:20 -0700
  ...Well I replaced > that but found out I lost 3rd and 4th gear. I crawled under "Squeaky and put her > in all gears manually...