Hi Kevin,

ATF has a wide expansion characteristic from cold to hot and the internal
transmission cavitity needs to "breathe". I have a '90 DoKa and a '91 MV,
both automatics and the transmissions work flawlessly! I change the ATF
every 30K miles with a "shot" of Trans-X additive before and after the ATF
change. The shift quality is much like today's complex computer controlled
automatics and my DoKa gets ~20 mpg @ 70 mph! I've owned several manual
trans Vanagons and after driving an automatic, I'll never own another
stick-shift Vanagon! Note!!! My two automatics were carefully serviced and
sensibly driven by the POs. However if a Vanagon automatic transmission has
been neglected, overheated, has friction material/metal bits in the pan or
evidence of a trailer hitch, a full reconditioning may be necessary before
the flawless operation I boast about can be experienced.

Regards,      John

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