In over 600,000 miles (on three V'gons) I've only replaced one worn out
clutch.  I've automatically replaced them when either the tranny or
engine is out for one reason or another, but only recall one clutch that
was actually worn out.

Karl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Robert Cardo
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 8:22 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Transmission swapping
>
> <<<Some do, others don't. I've seen plenty of original sticks that
> exceeded 150k and plenty of autos that didn't.>>
>
>
> Mark,
>
> Considering that the manual gear box has gone through 3 clutches in
the
> 150k the automatic is still the lesser of two evil's.
>
> And the automatics that have failed are only due to human neglect.
>
> You have to service that trans at least once every 15 years or so.