>From: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Automatic transmission repair guide
>Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 00:10:41 -0700
>
>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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