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• Re: Shift Rod Bushing Boots- necessary...?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:25:31 -0500
  ...Regards John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jim Johnston wrote: > In looking over the transmission, all the boots on my shift linkage are torn > to...
• Re: What a day...Billy kicked my as_
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 05:21:44 -0500
  You might have installed the shift rod holder in the wrong position on the transmission. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Help 84 Trans Leaking and Shifting Problems
  Historical mailing list - smko
  Tue, 03 Jun 1997 10:38:53 -0400
  ...the shift rod coming out of the trans. and at the drive shaft (driver side). Has anyone experience with replaceing these seals? How difficult...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 11 May 2016 17:24:17 -0400
  ...Seals getting dry and hard and not sealing. I would warm it up and drive it around gently at low speed with the shifter...
• "RATTLE" AT DEACCELERATION OF '78 WESTY
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 11:39:08, -0500
  This is a query to list experts- my trusty 78 Westy (no problems except usual pushrod seals and heater box replacement) started a "rattle...
• Re: Symptoms - Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 15:07:48 -0500
  ...Seals? I guess the fix requires pulling the engine - yes? Thanks, John Rodgers 88 GL driver
• Questions about selector shaft seal replacemnet in a DU transmission
  Historical mailing list - Agent99
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:17:06 -0400
  ...My questions concern the shift shaft seal. Can the shift rod seal be replaced without disassembling the transmission? It appears in diagram 34-1308...
• Re: Oil Leak - 2.1L WBX - Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:30:34 -0500
  ...Seals, fly wheel and clutch disc, rebuild the shifter linkage front to back. Maybe replace the slave clutch cylinder while it's easily accessible...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 May 2016 17:03:04 -0500
  ...Seals getting dry and hard and not sealing. I would > warm it up and drive it around gently at low speed with the shifter...
• Re: Symptoms - Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:25:47 -0400
  ...Seals? I guess the fix requires pulling the engine - yes? Thanks, John Rodgers 88 GL driver
• Re: places where rodents get into vanagons... save this list!!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:03:44 -0800
  ...On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:54 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > heres some places where rodents can get into vanagons. please feel...
• Re: Symptoms - Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 08:49:12 -0700
  ...Seals? > I guess the fix requires pulling the engine - yes? > > Thanks, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL driver
• Re: places where rodents get into vanagons... save this list!!
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:18:47 -0500
  ...harness under rear seat > > -missing seals around stering column base > > -missing seals around front heater core hoses > > -missing seals around rear a/c evap...
• 2.1L Power-Up Grade
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 19:50:13 PST
  ...All rotating parts as a unit, rods, pistons. All bearings, rings, seals and hoses almost all parts will be German. Blue-Printed stock oil...
• Re: Window seals and other things
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:13:22 -0700
  ...and seals too for painting. ;-) Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of John Rodgers Sent: Wednesday...
• Re: Tranny oil - success
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:36:55 -0700
  ...This is because the dino oil causes the seals to swell slightly - synthetic does not. So when you switch to synthetic, any swollen seals...
• How sweet it is!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:56:39 -0500
  ...transmission work and repair of leaking oil seals at crankshaft, lubing of CV's, tranny shifter mechanism from front to rear. Rolling along on...
• Re: Clutch Help
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 14:07:42 -0600
  ...Luck, John Rodgers "88 GL Driver Betsy Webb wrote: > I think I have a problem with the clutch master cylinder. Last night > coming home...
• Re: Auto tranny question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:11:31 -0500
  ...I just didn't mention throttle adjustment since the shifting is OK after warm up. The real critical adjustment is the rod between the...
• Re: Questions about selector shaft seal replacemnet in a DU transmission
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:38:14 -0700
  ...My questions concern the shift shaft seal. Can the shift rod seal be replaced without disassembling the transmission? It appears in diagram 34-1308...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 May 2016 21:00:28 -0400
  ...Seals getting dry and hard and not > sealing. I would warm it up and drive it around gently at low speed with the shifter...
• Re: Tranny oil - success
  Historical mailing list - clerkin
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:29:12 -0500
  ...This is because the dino oil causes the seals to >swell slightly - synthetic does not. So when you switch to synthetic, any >swollen seals...
• Re: Window seals and other things
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:44:13 -0500
  ...and seals too > for painting. ;-) > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of John Rodgers > Sent: Wednesday...
• Re: 81 Vanagon 4 Speed 2WD Shaft Bearing Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:51:12 -0700
  ...https://www.vanagain.com/product/center-shift-bushing) Remove spare tire. Remove shift rod. Laying on the spare tire tray, Remove worn bushing if...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 May 2016 20:38:17 -0500
  ...Seals getting dry and hard and not > > sealing. I would warm it up and drive it around gently at low speed > with the shifter...
• For Archives: replacing transmission drive shaft seals
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:17:49 -0600
  ...Drop shift rod by removing upper and lower 13mm bolts and nuts. 22. Remove transmission filler plug with 17mm internal socket. 23. Fill transmission...
• Re: 81 Vanagon 4 Speed 2WD Shaft Bearing Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:26:13 -0400
  ...https://www.vanagain.com/product/center-shift-bushing) > > Remove spare tire. > > Remove shift rod. > > Laying on the spare tire tray, > > Remove worn bushing if...
• Replaced final drive to AT seals in the 90MV (fingers crossed anyway)
  Historical mailing list - retro van
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:32:28 -0700
  ...Man I am starting to despise the smell of this stuff. - removed the shifter linkage below (faily easy) and the throttle linkage above (quite...
• Re: Transmission woes - '91 Carat autotranny won't shift into 3rd.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 May 2016 00:39:39 -0400
  ...Rodgers Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 2:39 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Transmission woes - '91 Carat autotranny won't shift into...
• FS: Enhanced 1988 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:16:35 -0400
  ...changed the rear engine mounts, added Gene Berg short shifter kit and shift rod extension, are among the many parts I have changed As...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Wed, 11 May 2016 12:41:10 -1000
  ...Seals getting dry and hard and not > sealing. I would warm it up and drive it around gently at low > speed with the shifter...
• Re: Tranny oil - success
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:52:26 -0500
  ...If you sart out with all new seals and all new synthetics then it is not a problem. Never quite made sense to me...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 11 May 2016 18:49:10 -0700
  ...Seals getting dry and hard and not > sealing. I would warm it up and drive it around gently at low speed with the shifter...
• Re: clutch chatter -- how serious?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 21:36:13 -0600
  ...Every cycle in that vibration is an uneven strain or pressure on parts and seals. That stain or pressure continued long enough and frequent...
• Re: New Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 8 Mar 2022 16:04:59 -0500
  ...Stephen Mobile > On Mar 8, 2022, at 3:27 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > > After nearly four years, I FINALLY have a...
• Transmission Modification Question
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Theodore B. Hoekman
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:38:39 +0000
  ...it is not possible to put new seals into the axle ports, or to have the shift linkage accessories reliably mounted because of the...
• Re: New Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 8 Mar 2022 13:24:43 -0800
  ...Or get a trailer with brakes. > On Mar 8, 2022, at 1:15 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > This conversion seems to...
• Re: FS: Enhanced 1988 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:19:05 -0400
  ...changed the rear engine mounts, added Gene Berg short shifter kit and shift > rod extension, are among the many parts I have changed > > > > As...
• Re: The automatic tranny on vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:16:27 -0400
  ...Sometimes the seals break and fluic is lost. Trash time, again. if failure is catastrophic. Shifting is good. The final drive, sometimes whines. Sometimes...
• purchase advice 80 westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Fri, 11 Jul 97 13:47:09 EDT
  ...shifted and rode nice. poptop seals were brittle and cracked. I am making an appoinment w/ local vw guy to check it out for...
• Re: For Sale Plastic coolant tubes that fit the 83.5 to 85 with a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:46:45 -0400
  ...tank plastic stuff for resealing,Fuel pump/mount,Automatic transmission shifter and shift rod,cables,glove box,dash cover(brown)Front window glass and...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 12 May 2016 07:24:46 -0400
  ...Seals getting dry and hard and not > > sealing. I would warm it up and drive it around gently at low speed > with the shifter...
• Re: Flywheel seal
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:36:15 -0500
  ...The seals do become stuck to the case and need to be scrapped out of place this can take hours so as not to...
• cutting up a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:27:44 -0500
  ...00 pair ball joint looks good ** power steering rack tie rod to tie rod looks good 100.00 ** both front doors 60 each or...
• Re: Belt Noise
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:30:23 -0700
  ...BTW, it also will tend to rejuvenate seals inside slow-shifting autotrannies, assuming they're not completely dried out. Note that I am NOT...
• Re: New Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 8 Mar 2022 14:44:38 -0800
  ...Or get a > trailer with brakes. > > > On Mar 8, 2022, at 1:15 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > This conversion seems to...
• Re: New Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Mar 2022 17:04:09 -0600
  ...On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 5:01 PM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Trailer with brakes regardless. > > The Subaru engine installed was...
• Re: New Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Mar 2022 15:15:05 -0600
  ...Started out > > with a manual shift '88 GL and wound up with a '91 Carat with auto tranny > > coupled to the Subie engine. Used...
• Re: Joe's Tranny questions...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:28:33 EDT
  ...Unknown when FAG will make another production run) , replace ball sleeves on forward gears fork arms, replace gear carrier housing if shift rod bores...
• More and more parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 18:43:07 EST
  ...I live in Eastern Massachusetts! 1.9L engine block $100 Automatic transmission $150 (shifts slow into 1st/rev when cold, seals need to be...
• Re: New Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Mar 2022 17:01:31 -0600
  ...Or get a > > trailer with brakes. > > > > > On Mar 8, 2022, at 1:15 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > > > > > This conversion seems to...
• FS: Good running 2.1L WBX & other parts
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:01:14 -0800
  ...Could also include all shifter rods etc if wanted, as I will be going to a 5 speed. 3. Anything else you might need...
• Re: Refilling manual transmission fluid
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:00:52 EDT
  ...One plug is dead centre bottom just behind the bell housing to drain and the other to fill is behind the shift rod on...
• Re: My 1981 again
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:03:23 -0600
  ...minute oil leaks around strainer cover plate or from push rod seals, valve covers tranny hard shifting when its cold sink water pump requires...
• Re: stuck in 4th, further ruminations
  Historical mailing list - Chris
  Wed, 3 Nov 2004 23:10:46 -0600
  ...I had someone play with the shifter today while looking at the shift rod going to the tranny and it did move a little...
• Re: Possible funky smell solution.
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:12:12 -0600
  ...I had some leaky push rod tube seals for a while and so I'm very familiar with the odor you speak of. My...
• Re: 81 Vanagon 4 Speed 2WD Shaft Bearing Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:01:24 -0400
  ...I’d be looking to see if the tank could be lowered > enough to get access to that shift rod bushing without disconnecting tubes...
• Re: Sale @ Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - Brian Atkins
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 15:18:07 -0500
  ...had on-hand, even items that you normally stock (namely seals and shift rod parts). Though you would have to re-order them in...
• Re: Back in Action!!! 1982 Westfalia hits the road again
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:36:36 -0400
  ...The "Rear Pin" (the most rearward part of the shift linkage, bolted to the tranny) is a simple like cadmium-plated rod with a...
• Re: '87 Vanagon GL: Oil leaks
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:24:32 -0500
  ...Another issue at tranny removal time is the shift arm on the side of the transmission. These wear, and shifting gets funky over time...