In a message dated 3/24/01 1:19:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, linnes@INNU.CA
writes:

> I'm in the same boat as a couple of you...I've got a leaky auto
> tranny in my 85 GL Westy, which also is getting wonky in the shift
> from 2nd into 3rd. Expert advice here is to replace it, which is a
> $1500 CDN proposition for a rebuilt one.
>
>

and then in a year or so youll be back in the same boat when your manual
tranny develops a crack in the 3/4 gear slider hub (as they all do, sooner or
later).
the auto trannys are more relaiable than the vanual trannys on the wbx
vanagons..
chris

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