dear not what was expected
if i were to do it all again right now ...
with the same $$ ... i would ave taken vehicle to stephans auto haus in
sacremento
and let him do the work
yours

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:

> I went and picked up the 83 Vanagon (full Westy) with an auto
> transmission my daughter just bought. Turned out it is an 82 (air
> cooled 2L motor) with an auto tranny. The transmission works for 1st
> & 2nd gears but does not go into 3rd or reverse.
>
> Sigh... not what I was expecting but I'll deal with it.
>
> 1st thing is the transmission, I am going to put a Subaru 2.2 in it
> and I suspect the transmission will need more than a rebuild for
> that.  I just looked at the Bentley and saw the differences in auto
> trannys, it looks like this year transmission did not come with an oil
> cooler.
>
> I plan to call the different auto transmission places recommended
> tomorrow and see what they say or maybe find out what else I need to
> look at. Sometimes learning curves are "interesting".
>
> I could use advice on the transmission issues here.
> Thanks folk.
>
>
>
> Rob
>
> becida@comcast.net
> Western Washington State, USA
>

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