BenT:

It is the ugly brown stuff.  No White  Curd (Whew!)  Will give it the brush
and paint treatment.  Thanks!

Pete
�87 Westy (Automatic)
�Joe�s Van�

on 3/13/04 11:15 AM, BenTbtstr8@aol.com at BenTbtstr8@aol.com wrote:

> Pete,
>  
> Are you talking about RUST as in iron oxide as in the ugly brown stuff? If
> that's what you are seeing, then it's from the body and not the transmission
> housing. The tranny resides in an aluminum alloy case. You'd be getting white
> curd if the tranny housing is oxidizing. I would just wire brush the tranny
> case and paint it with a good quality paint. However, if what you see is a
> reddish brown, I would look above the transmission for traces of rust under
> the body of the van itself.
>  
> BenT
> Vanagon Cafe <http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/>
>