Today I replaced the O-ring that seals the cover over the shift point
governer on the differential. Whoever last worked on it for the PO managed
to pinch the old O-ring very badly and (unsuccessfully) attempted to remedy
this error with red permatex. Subsequently, every low point on the
transmission and differential had a little drip of red hanging off it. This
was the only seal I hadn't replaced. Now, after 15 months of ownership and
merely changing the engine, transmission, fuel tank seals and fuel lines,
radiator, every single coolant hose, and removal of the rear heater circuit
altogether, I finally have that rarest of all Vanagons: the kind with
NOTHING leaking from it!

Now to see if I can tune the engine well enough using only the narrowband O2
sensor to pass the smog test.
--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon
"Keine Bange, wir holen die Zange!"