On 9/27/05, TJ Hannink <tjhannink@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Maybe you need to quit powershifting :>)
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> I'm still waiting for mine to fail after 245,000 miles.
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> Tim

  I agree. I have 386,000 on my original tranny in my 87 GL. still going
strong. haven't broken it in any of my other Vanagons either.
 In all fairness, the gear teeth in a Vanagon transmission looks more like
clockwork gears when compared to a typical American SUV tranny. Does the job
for me.
 BenT