Dirty transmission oil in 15K miles is a sign that things are going
wrong. The clutches have been slipping and are burning up. The pan and
valve body can be removed and compressed air can be used to test each
clutch assembly through the ports in the transmission. Unless you simply
lost the accumulator seal, it sounds as though the trans is coming out.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of LC
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Automatic Transmission

The transmission fluid level is ok..just a bit dirty, never changed it
but the transmission was rebuilt less than 15k miles ago.
My only problem is the weather to get under the van..I don't want to fix
the transmission again, if something external has to be fixed that is
ok.
The estrange thing is that the van was running before...I just parked
it, next day wanted to go out and no way to move it...it starts
perfectly.
BTW thanks I am back in 2003 now!

Francisco