Hi Folks,

Well, I drained a full gallon of old tranny oil out of the '89 Westy
yesterday and rigged up an IV drip using a water-bottle and some plastic
tubing.  Zip-stripped the bottle to a milk crate, put the milk-crate on
top of another one and set the whole mess on top of a pail so that the
bottle was just above the RR fender.  Not pretty, or fast, but didn't
spill a drop. :)

In the archives I read
(http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0107D&L=vanagon&P=R14243)
that Bentley says the transmission holds 3.2 quarts.  I put 3.2 in and
verified that the level is 15mm below the bottom edge of the fill hole.
***Is this right?***  I haven�t sprung for a Bentley yet.  

Daisy shifts like butter now, but I'm thinking that the improvement is
more due to having 3.2 quarts instead of 4.0 quarts in the tranny rather
than the type of oil...

Thanks all,

~Eric~
'89 Westy - Daisy
Vancouver, BC

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Unrau [mailto:eunrau@yahoo.ca] 
Sent: April 29, 2002 11:15 PM
To: 'vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM'
Cc: 'AA Transaxle'; 'Trvlr2001@aol.com'; 'Matthew Pollard';
'developtrust'; 'Bill Harris'; 'John Rodgers'; 'Jeff Sibley'
Subject: RE: Which redline oil to use

Thanks everyone for your advice.  The archives are a bit ambiguous on
this topic, but today's vote was overwhelmingly for MT-90.  Picked some
up tonight; pricey stuff ($15CDN per quart).  Now I just have to find a
17mm hex.

~Eric~

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of AA Transaxle
Sent: April 29, 2002 9:03 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Which redline oil to use

In theory, The MT-90 is used for Hypoid style diferentials (axles at
90degrees from trans input shaft) and the MTL is for Jetta style
tranny's
with axles and input/crank all turning the same way...maybe not the best
description,but I hope you get the idea.
Use MT90 for the vanagon
Daryl of AA Transaxle
Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
(425) 788-4070
1-877-377-0773 (toll free)
aatransaxle.com (web site)
ate:    Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:24:44 -0700
From:    Eric Unrau <eunrau@YAHOO.CA>
Subject: Which Red Line Gear Oil?

Theres lots of debate in the archives over Redline MTL (75w80) vs.
MT-90 (75w90) in the Vanagon, but nothing that has really helped me
decide between the two.  I live in Vancouver, BC where winter lows are
around 32F and summer highs are rarely exceed 80F.  I'm having some
trouble shifting into 2nd when the trans in cold, so I thought I would
try some Redline.  Any suggestions on what would work best for me???

Thanks,

~Eric~