Rico, when I bought my '84 in 5/97, one of the problems was leaking ATF.  It
eventually got bad enough that I had my mechanic take a look at it.  He
found that the cover plate over the governor had a bad o-ring.  He took the
cover plate to a transmission shop and got the correct o-ring.  No problems
since then.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rico Dagastino" <Dagbear@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 5:20 PM
Subject: Auto Trans leak

> I may have found an answer to my problem. I would like the opinion of the
> esteemed wizards of the list.  When I cleaned the differential case the
oil
> seal for the governor mounted on the side may have been dislodged. As the
> transmission pumps atf past the governor a failed or missing seal would
cause
> the differential to fill with atf.  Plausible?
>
> Rico Dagastino
> Munford, TN
>