>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         Smola, Tony
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 3:23 PM
> To:   'wdavidson@thegrid.net'
> Subject:      tranny question possibly answered
>
>
> You might have cracked the 3-4th slider hub. This is a typical fault on
> vanagon trannys.  The synthetic redlijne w90 will help, but you are
> probably causing further damage to your intermediate plate and shift
> fork.....I had a similar problem, put in the synthetic....it helped a
> little and 2 years later wham......stuck in 4th and I was screwed.  The
> linkage is pretty straight forward, so it's probabable that the tranny is
> in need of a rebuild soon....If you pull it now you will save yourself
> hundreds in parts that will be destroyed if you continue to drive.  call
> around, a good shop will charge you $500 to fix the hub and replace the
> syncros.  Mine was unfortunately at $900 with a new intermediate plate and
> shift fork plus the seals and whatnot.  You can pull the tranny on the
> vanagon without removing the engine.  I just did mine using two floor
> jacks.   Good luck....
> \Malibu Tony     85' Westy