Was the long shaft that turns the pump put back in and properly seated?

Mike

al sinclair wrote:
> My first big job VW has come to grief -- is there hope?
>
> After far too many days of painfully inexperienced labor I've finally
> replaced the badly-leaking auto tranny in our '81 vanagon with a purchased
> used-believed-good one.  Engine fired up fine, shifted into gear but nothing
> at all happened. Not a trace of movement. (The van _was_ on the ground
> again, with the wheels unblocked and the brake off.)
>
> It's a huge disappointment: hair-tearing time, planned Xmas jaunt down the
> tubes, all that time plus money on tools wasted, elimination of confidence
> in being able to own a westie, etc.
>
> I've rechecked the fluid level, TC bolts, gear & throttle linkage, axle
> bolts. Everything looks in order.  Anyone got suggestions?
>
> I guess the next step is to buy a rebuilt auto tranny, or maybe rebuild the
> one that I took out, have it put in by someone who knows what they're doing,
> and move on (tho today I feel like junking the beast, teach it a lesson) but
> if there is any hope, anything I might have overlooked, any hidden knobs on
> the tranny that might bear twiddling please tell me.
>
> Al
> aka Aaarrgghh today :-(
>