Hi all , Chris - back finally after a long absence from the list. Nice to
see some of the older list members still present.

Correct me if I'm wrong - but I thought I read somewhere on a listmember's
website that VW manufactured a revised version of the 3/4 syncro gear to
with-stand greater stress...

Ken Madsen
'87GL

-----Original Message-----
From: JordanVw@AOL.COM [mailto:JordanVw@AOL.COM]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 1:23 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: auto trans -> manual trans conversion?

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