I do not do automatics...
Have done a few thru my career but don't do them professionally.
I can tell you that its an "interesting " job..Gotta be a detail oriented
person to get it done typically and have some creative tooling skills to
boot. Getting some of the lip seals in their spots can be a challenge and
you have to be super clean as well.
I buy an already rebuilt unit if one of my shops wnats me to do one and
install it onto the diff section.
Good luck..
Daryl of AA Transaxle
(425) 788-4070
aatransaxle.com
86 Syncro Westy
Zetec in the trunk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: Internal Debate

> damn, I fall short on a few of these !
> there's no one to cook and bring me meals most of the time.
> Clean and dry ..........what about at least semi-warm ?
>
> just playing around,
> Hopefully the One Contemplating has a good idea of what they can take on
> and
> persist through.
> The worst that could happen is damaging the transmission not knowing what
> one is doing.
> or get it apart and the project just stalls out for a long time.
> And it could always get sent out to a rebuilder.........a simpathic
> rebuilder might not mind that it's half dissembled.
>
> Does Daryl work on automatics ? I suspect he does, but I not remembering
> many comments by him about vanagon automatics.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 11:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Internal Debate
>
>
>> dear intrepid
>>
>> several questions to ask your self before you start
>> 1. is this my only vehicle .. if so -- am i under a time constraint to
>> finish immediately after i start --
>> 2. do i have a work space that is clean and dry
>> 3 is it my work space or if i share can i leave parts spread around over
>> a
>> couple of days while i work and other stuff draws my attention
>> 4. will i be able to give this task my full attention or will i have to
>> go
>> get the kids and transport around every hour --
>> 5. will my wife person support the task or complain cause i am leaving
>> other
>> jobs undone while i play with my van  --
>> 6. will meals be presented to me while i work or will i have to go inside
>> and make meals too --
>> 7. do i have the tools required for the task --even the rudimentary ones
>> outlined in maintenance and repair manuals --
>> 8. are the tools i dont have easy to obtain or will i have to buy several
>> hundred $ worth just to do a single task
>> 9. how will i get under vehicle -- hoist .. jacks ... blocks ...
>> 10. am i physically able to do the task ... or will repeated crawling out
>> form underneath the vehicle each time i remember a tool cause me to be
>> strained
>> 11. do i have a person checking on me to make sure i am not crushed under
>> vehicle or wounded in some way that renders me unable ---
>> 12. do i have a person who i can call on the phone who can come over to
>> help
>> me figure out or do stuff with me that i cant fathom on my own --
>>
>> 13... what is my track record with R & R jobs with my van ---
>>
>> once those questions are answered ... you may be able to make your
>> decision
>> to make the repairs --
>> good luck
>> yours
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 8:00 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
>>
>>> "To do or not to do..... that is the question!" - removing my
>>> transmission myself and replacing leaking seals and clutch. Never done
>>> that before. Done about everything else, but not that. So, I'm looking
>>> for both opinions and guidance here.
>>>
>>> What say you, Volks?
>>>
>>> John Rodgers
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> roger w
>> From Proverbs:
>> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
>> servant who becomes king ...
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