----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Blackham" <steph@USWEST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 9:49 AM
Subject: Successfully pulled engine & trans last night--THANKS

> Is this list great or what.  I had over a dozen people try to answer
> my questions.  People I love ya!
>
> It came out without a hitch.  The most time consuming part was the CV
> joints.  Why are the bolts 12 spline on the tranny and allen on the
> wheel side.  Took me a half an hour of banging on it, craning my neck
> where it didn't want to go, to figure this out.  Other than that, it
> was easy.

Because someone replaced the AH bolts the last time the tranny was pulled,
but didn't feel the need to get into the outside CVs.

>
> I sure wish people who sell me their autos would spend a little money
> at the car wash on cleaning the engine, etc on a regular basis.  It
> took me two hours to clean my garage afterwards.  I don't mean to
> sound like a clean freak, but I'm allergic to grease.  I like to work
> on these engines not wallow in the grime. You can eat of my engines.

If they don't have a good thick coating of grease, nuts and bolts would fall
off and hit the windshield of the guy behind you.  It's a question of
liability. ;-)

>
> Now I have to find a new tranny.  Does Rancho Performance sell
> direct?  (I need a trip to a warm place and would like to see if this
> core is  worth anything before I spend money on shipping.) What other
> vendors do you recommend?

Darryl at AA transmission.  He's on the vanagon.com website vendor list.

>
> May the VW gods smile on you as usual,
>
>
>
> --
> Steve Blackham
> Centerville, Utah
>
> 77 transporter converted to camper (Westy top)
> 83 Vanagon  (New and current project)
> 87 Weekender
>