Have CV joints been considered ?

I've been involved with two vanagon automatic transmissions that did not
work correctly - no, three, come to think of it.
No noises in any of them.

if the trans itself is suspect, I'd drop the pan and see what's in there.
Also a great idea to check the differential oil .......to see if it's full,
and to make sure it's not contaminated with ATF, which is one of the failure
modes of vanagon transaxles.

also ........on noises........it always helps to say if it's a whirr, a
cluck, and squeak etc.
In English we have many words to describe the nature of sounds.

How many miles are on it ?
and a nose description would be nice.
and at least consider CV joints, and rear wheel bearings.
Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "pdooley" <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: ominous sounds from automatic transmission

>I don't know the problem, but my experience with auto trans is they make
> noise for a precious short time before the major fireworks happen.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> john
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:37 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: ominous sounds from automatic transmission
>
> My '84 7-passenger, which i have owned since 1997, started making some
> strange sounds today.  sounds apparently coming from automatic
> transmission, but i don't think I have a dirty valve body as the shift
> points are right on and smooth.  Noises occur while accelerating.  What
> happens when an automatic transmission is just worn out?  What are my
> options?
>
> John in Macon, GA