Might want to make sure ignition is off first.  :-)

On 12/23/08, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> For a manual transmission, put it n gear, push the van until the tires
> make a revolution and count how many times the engine turns. This will
> give the overall gearing.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Matthew
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 4:16 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: I gotta tranny... what is the gearing? no codes
>
> I'm working on a person's bus and he wants to know the gearing.
> Supposedly the tranny is a  TiICo rebuild (yes, tiico...). All codes on
> the bottom side have been ground out.   There are zero marks otherwise.
> None, zilch. yikes.
>
> So how do I figure out the gearing? it is a 2wd vanagon tranny from a 86
> bus.
>
> I don't want to pull the bellhousing to count the final drive.
>
> I could figure it out empricially with rpm and speed i guess. Anybody got
> a solid answer otherwise?
>
> thanks
> matt
>
>
>  "may the four winds blow you safely home"
>

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