Mine is at 217,000 miles.  I'm pretty sure it has never been worked on.  I
did put new synthetic gear oil in at about 130,000 miles.

Donald Baxter
'85 GL
Iowa City, Iowa

----- Original Message -----
From: "Art McGinn" <ajmcginn@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 4:52 PM
Subject: transmission life expectancy?

>   at one time, the vw transaxle was described as "bulletproof," capable of
> 100,000 miles and perhaps much more of reliable service before it needed
> fixing or replacement. is this still true, or was it ever? i am looking at
> the likely need for a replacement of a rebuild after only 27,000 miles --
> and extremely easy ones, at that -- and that seems like not much service
> from that rebuild. anybody getting anything like 100,000 from an original
or
> rebuild vanagon transmission?  while living in california, i am tempted to
> go out-of-state to aa transmissions in seattle area in search of a quality
> product. anybody had any experience with aa, particularly longevity of its
> product (i assume they are very nice etc.). please respond to aa
> transmission query by private email, ajmcginn@earthlink.net. thanks and
> cheers, art mcginn, '82 westy, san fran