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Subject:Re: Rusty Transmission, Remove the Rust or Not?
From:Sudhir Desai
Date:Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:12:53 -0400

I vote for a thorough cleaning of the transmission.

Sudhir

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 14:00, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote:
> My engine is out of the van being rebuilt and I upon inspection I can
> see the transmission is pretty rusty even though it was replaced a
> couple of years ago. Its an upstate NY van.
>
> My question to you all is should I take the rust off it and and spray
> it with a rust inhibiting high temp primer and paint or just leave it
> be?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
> NY
> 1988 Auto wolfsburg
>