I might be interested in this. Do you include how to remove the damn
thing... I'm not even sure how to do that. Do I need a hydraulic jack... and
how many tons should it be rated for... which leads to another topic... what
is the list of tools every vanagon owner should have, I mean the complete
list... I'm curious what everyones opinion would be on this. If you want to
start a tool list thread, please reply with the Subject: Tool List.

Now back to the automatic transmission... can it be made stronger??? For
handling greater power... or for lasting longer even under a heavier load.

Someone was saying that rebuilds on automatics aren't as carefree or
reliable as rebuilds on manuals.. is there any truth to this, and why would
that be. Then again, someone said that its easier to rebuild automatics than
manuals. Kinda conflicting don't you think...

>From: armando guzman <razeprotrk@HOTMAIL.COM>

>
>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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