If VW built a 4 speed automatic for Vanagons please tell us where we can buy one.

Every Vanagon auto I've seen is 3 speed.

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Date:          Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:38:43 -0700

>Ken,
>
>You don't mention fourth gear.  If you cannot get 2nd or fourth, the rear
>linkage bushing carrier bracket could be mounted on the wrong side of the
>transmission flange.  I'm sure you've seen this before and I hope I'm not
>talking down to you, but it's easy to overlook the obvious.
>
>Karl Wolz
>
>|-----Original Message-----
>|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>|Ken Wilford
>|Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:27 PM
>|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>|Subject: Automatic transmission advice needed
>|
>|I just bought a 90 GL Vanagon that has a strange transmission problem
>|(at least I haven't run into it before).  It is like 2nd gear doesn't
>|exist.  It will go in first no problem but then it just winds up until
>|it shifts into 3rd and then it will go down the road fine that way.  If
>|you try to put it in 2nd gear with the shifter it will allow you to do
>|this but it won't engage 2nd instead you can just rev it up and nothing
>|happens (just revs).  I have a good used transmission I can put in place
>|of this one but if there is a way to make this one happy again I would
>|like to know about it.  I was thinking about trying to adjust the 2nd
>|gear brake band to see if this would help.  Anyone that has experienced
>|this type of problem and has some advice, I would sure appreciate it.
>|
>|--
>|Thanks,
>|Ken Wilford
>|John 3:16
>|www.vanagain.com
>|Phone: 856-327-4936
>|Fax: 856-327-2242
>