Thanks Joel!  Yea - I have a sneaking suspicion that maybe they actually
didn't replace the seal when they rebuilt the tranny, but unfortunately I
can't prove it.  Seems to be working fine now, tho - we'll see!  Yea - your
type of situation is why I don't go to dealerships anymore - I got totally
ripped off by the one on the Cape here, too.

Peace,
Marla
'87 Westy Van "Morrison"

>From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@earthlink.net>
>To: "Marla Stelk" <mjstelk@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re:      Tranny woes solved we think - update
>Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:18:48 -0600
>
> > picked it up yesterday - the whole repair job cost me
>$450 at half price.
> > Does this sound resonable and fair to you guys?
>
>more than reasonable! when my 88 4-speed tranny started
>doing that 3rd-to-4th stuff, it was $1400 at the dealer
>to get it fixed! yes, it was a rip-off, but i didn't
>have any choice ... my favorite dealer was 200 miles
>away, and i didn't know if the transmission would make
>it that far. :(
>
>the 3rd-4th thing MIGHT be what i had: a cracked
>syncronizer (slider) gear. it helps shifting from 3rd
>to 4th (and vice versa). vw knows about it and has a
>rebuild kit that the dealers can get, but vw refuses to
>admit it was a design flaw and won't fix it or repay
>any repair costs! :(
>
>your problems could also be simple linkage adjustment
>problems ... if the linkage gets loose, shifting
>becomes a real problem ... especially if the big nut on
>the last part of the linkage gets loose. and many
>times, when the transmission has been removed for one
>reason or another, the people that put it back fail to
>tighten everything properly.
>
>good luck!
>joel

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