My 85 GL with manual tranny and 1.9L WBX got 205,000 miles on it and
never a transmission problem. On the other hand, my 88 GL now has about
120,000 and I have been in the tranny twice.

Go figure.

I never had but two problems ever with my 85 GL.....I had to replace the
power steering rack right after I bought it.... and it lasted until I
sold the van. And I blew a water pump right at 200,000 miles.

But this 88 GL....Geez!! The short of it is I have had the whole gamut
of problems, each one a new one to me, except for the tranny, which was
done twice. But now that I have gone trhough virtually everything, I
don;t have any trouble with it at all if any. Niggling stuff mostly.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Art McGinn wrote:

>  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
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