as far as I know it was in ok -- the torque converter was wired in place so
it couldn't slip out.  If it was out, then the tranny wouldn't fit in would
it?  I'm guessing that if the shaft was not seated then the torque converter
would be out of position and the tranny housing wouldn't mate with the
engine.

On 12/18/05, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> 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 :-(
> >
>