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John Rodgers wrote:

> The concept is good, and I don't think asking a price of $25 for the
> info if well illustrated and packaged well is out of line, but I do
> think that for that price the info is short. The book/manual/guide/CD
> should include not only the transmission but also the final drive.
>
> I would suggest putting it out initially as a CD. Easy and cheap to do.
> Easy to make an addendum with new information. Not so much ink. Not so
> much wear and tear on printers, and if van owners want they can print by
> the page any references needed for the work bench while rebuilding a tranny.
>
> I drive an 88 GL with a manual tranny. I've a knee that is is going to
> force me to give up all the clutching action on my current van. An
> automatic is in my future for certain. Given the extreme low level of
> availble knowledgeable and qualified mechanics for the vans, I would
> feel a lot more secure knowing myself something about the overhaul of
> the automatics.
>
> In any case. I would buy the book/CD.
>
> Go for it.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
> armando guzman wrote:
>
> > To all tinkerers and shade tree mechanics: I recentle acquired a 1988
> > Vanagon, Wolfsburg adition, with a bad automatic transmission. The car
> > was
> > super-clean and the price was very good, so I got it. I have been
> > fiddling
> > with all types of VW for 25 years, T-1 to T4 and everything in
> > between, but
> > I never tackled an automatic transmission. A friend of mine in Yerington,
> > Nevada, who is a AT expert, told me is a piece of cake, so I went to
> > visit
> > him for the weekend, brought the auto transmission with me and he took it
> > apart in front of me in less than a six pack of beer. I was impressed
> > by how
> > easy it was to take the transmission apart. The next weekend I brought
> > the
> > rebuild kit and all the seals and he put it back together in no time
> > at all.
> >  I took pictures of everything we did, and made notes along the way.
> > Now, I
> > want to know if anybody in this forum would be interested in spending $25
> > plus shipping for a very well illustrated guide to dissassemble and
> > re-assemble a Vanagon automatic transmission. I don't want to say it is a
> > repair manual. It is not. It is a guide on how to do the work, with color
> > pictures of every step. Hotmail only allowed me one picture, but I can
> > e-mail more samples upon request. I'm thinking of recording all the
> > info on
> > a cd, using Microsoft Publisher, but I can also do it in plain 8.5X11
> > with
> > pictures and text, using Microsoft Word. Please note that the vanagon
> > transmission is a two piece unit: the transmission part and the final
> > drive
> > part. This guide only covers the auto transmission part. The final
> > drive can
> > follow later, if I get enough people interested in learning how to do it.
> > You can reply to this forum or you can e-mail me directly at
> > razeprotrk@hotmail.com
> >
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