The whine in first and second gear is usually a sign of a bad input shaft
bearing or the gears are just worn. The sticking in third and fourth is a
sign of the classic cracked 3-4 slider hub. Oil will not fix it, it won't
heal, and it won't get better.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Edward Duntz
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 3:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: manual trans whine and leak

I had a chance today to crawl under the van to check on my transmission
whine ('85 Westfalia with stock 1.9 and manual transmission, 172,000 on both
as far as I know.) On my last trip, I noticed a whine when going into first
or second gears. The noise seemed like it came right up through the shifter
lever. Near the end of the trip, it also had a hard time getting out of
fourth gear at a stop light.

I saw a drip of gear oil at the driver's side inner cv joint. It was quite a
pain adding oil, and I think I got more on my and my tarp than in the trans.
I got about six or seven ounces in before I gave up and decided to find a
better way to add it tomorrow. (I had some clear plastic tubing coming off
of the bottle, but it kept slipping off.)

Anyway, this little bit of oil didn't change the noise. So I hope to add
more later. But I'm wondering if my noise is due to a lack of lubricant,
could I have done any damage? And if not, and I can add more oil and fix the
leak, how labor-intensive might it be to fix?

Thanks,
Ed in CT
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