Gordon Smith wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I've just bought an 86 Westfalia, with the intention of driving it around
> the U.S. in about a month.

Gordon, I know others have already given you some good advise on checking your
vehicle, so here's my $0.02 worth. You definitely need to change the tranny fluid
and flush the case. Refill it with Redline MT90. It is a very fine synthetic
transmission fluid, holds up extremely well, and will eliminate some hard shifting
problems that seem to be inevitable with the manual tranny.

Good luck, Safe Journey.

John Rodgers'
88 GL Driver