I've seen so much crud on top of these trannies, the vent can not be
seen.

Dennis

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Of robertmstewart
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:18 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: AT Fluid Burping out of ATF Dip Stick Tube? Causes Trans
Malfunction, 88 Auto

He said and I quote" those things never get clogged" when I told him to
check the vent.

My opinion of him went down after that remark but the local mechanic in
town
says he's good and he owns two other shops as well so I guess I will
have to
see what he finds out on Tuesday of next week.

--
Rob
NYC/Long Beach, NY
88 Wolfsburg, Silver
http://web.mac.com/rmstewart
AIM: rmstewart@mac.com

on 7/21/06 4:53 PM, dooley at pdooley@GTE.NET wrote:

> Did the mechanic check the vent?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> robertmstewart
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 4:35 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: AT Fluid Burping out of ATF Dip Stick Tube? Causes Trans
> Malfunction, 88 Auto
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just had a transmission specialist pickup the van, he put it on the
lift
> filled it with tranny fluid, ran the engine and the minute he took his
foot
> of the gas the ATF all burped out!
>
> He was a little surprised because he tried to hold the ATF dip stick
down to
> feel the pressure and he said there was a lot of pressure pushing it
out, it
> came out like a small fountain!
>
> He said that he suspects and internal clog or leak, he is going to
pull the
> tranny to see what's going on.
>
> He told me the there is no fee upfront for the pull but after the
parts are
> installed for the repair there will be a $350 dollar fee.
>
> Is that a good price to pull the tranny?
>
> --
> Rob
> NYC/Long Beach, NY
> 88 Wolfsburg, Silver
> http://web.mac.com/rmstewart
> AIM: rmstewart@mac.com
>
>
>
>
> on 7/21/06 10:24 AM, Larry Alofs at lalofs@RCN.COM wrote:
>
>> Yep, the valve body.  I learned about that when I rebuilt the AT in
my
>> '84.  Sort of a hydraulic analog computer.
>>   It can be removed with the trans in the van.  Disassembly and
cleaning
>> requires considerable care and organization.
>>
>> Larry A.
>>
>>
>> John Lauterbach wrote:
>>
>>> Larry, I think there is some sort of part in the AT where the fluid
goes
>>> through a series of narrow passages almost like a maze.  Apparently,
>>> if the
>>> passages are dirty, strange things happen.
>>>
>>> John
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Larry Alofs" <lalofs@RCN.COM>
>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:11 AM
>>> Subject: Re: AT Fluid Burping out of ATF Dip Stick Tube? Causes
Trans
>>> Malfunction, 88 Auto
>>>
>>>
>>>> Did they tell you what the problem had been and how they fixed it?
>>>>
>>>> Larry A.
>>>>
>>>