Totally loved everything until the last line -
"ATF loss at the governor seal going into he final drive is a fairly common
problem."

The governor cover, with o-ring is on the left outside of the auto trans,
and it's not uncommon for a small leak to develop there.
( unless there is also some other governor between the auto trans part and
differential that you are talking about ) .
And if you have ATF getting into the differential area.......
A pretty significant thing that must be addressed.  The only time I've ever
had that the auto trans would also not work right, like drag or bind
horribly in reverse.
I've not done it, but I've been told by a vw trans rebuilding company that
it's not overly technical to repair the seal/s between the auto trans part
and the differential part.
Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Dennis Haynes
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:18 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: ATF level

Like the engine, you don't want to fill it to the top mark. That is not
the full mark. The top mark is the max do not ever exceed no matter what
mark. 1/2 quart will get you where you need to be but happened that the
level went down? You want the trans warm, engine running and van level
before topping it off. ATF loss at the governor seal going into he final
drive is a fairly common problem.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Trooz
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:34 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: ATF level

Does anyone know how much fluid it takes to raise the level from the
bottom
mark to the top?  I need to add fluid and I'm curious as to the actual
amount of fluid between the two marks so that I don't have to dribble it
in
a little at a time.

Bob
'90 Westy

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