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Subject:Re: replaced tranny but no move. What next?
From:Frank Condelli
Date:Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:47:35 EST
In a message dated 18/12/2005 5:33:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

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 nothin=
g
at all happened. Not a trace of movement. (The van  _was_ on the ground
again, with the wheels unblocked and the brake  off.)

Broken or disconnected flex drive plate ?

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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