I've had that happen twice.  Both times the two different mechanics insisted
that overfilling such a minute amount wouldn't cause shifting problems.
Both times, after insisting that they drain some fluid, the tranny worked
fine.  The first time it was barely over the full mark; the second time it
was *way* over the full mark.

Bob Trousdale
'90 Westy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> On Behalf Of Robert Fisher
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:35 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Auto Transmission Fail (Pics)
>
> If mine was even slightly over filled it wouldn't shift right
> when cold. It
> seemed to do best just under the top mark (of course it's
> hard to be that
> precise).
>
> On Jul 16, 2010 8:16 AM, "Edward Maglott" <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On mine which has the "new style" dipstick:  cold was 126mm or about
> 5" from the tip of the dipstick.  Hot it was 2" which is a little
> over the top mark.  Maybe that will get you in the ballpark.  (That's
> the way I got it back from the rebuilder, I know it shouldn't be
> above the top mark... and it's going back today because it still is
> not shifting right when cold.)
> Edward
>
>
>
> At 09:49 AM 7/16/2010, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> >
> > That is the pump shaft. This is usually caused by ...
>