Maybe it means 'Daniel Stevens' or 'Daniel Scott'. My serious guess is 'Driver's Side'.

BenT

sent from my electronic leash

On Mar 10, 2011, at 2:10 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:

> hi Dan ..
> it does, very much ..
> but say what DS stands for please.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel O Stevens" <dosteven@SYR.EDU>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
> 
> 
> One age/wear hazard that can make the 2nd gear shift soft or irregular is if
> there's a failure in the 2nd gear piston mentioned by Ken under the circlips
> on the DS.
> If the rubber piston seals are cracked, aged to shrink or in my Brother's
> case the small internal retaining E-clip fell off and wedged into the
> pistons sidewall and inhibited the stroke.
> Service to the 2nd gear piston & seals can be done with trans in place,
> though you will likely need to drop the pan & valve body if you pull it to
> get the 2nd gear band in position on the "fingers"
> 
> On Mom's AT vanagon the 2n'd gear cover popped off while she was driving it.
> Creating a huge cloud of smoke as the ATF poured out onto the hot exhaust.
> The Circlip had grit, and oxidation under it which undermined it's groove
> and ability to retain the huge pressures.
> I used a cheap Bar clamp with one head reversed to push (screw adjustment)
> the piston in to allow reseating the retaining Circlip. (after cleaning the
> groove of detris)
> 
> Hope this offers some insight.
> 
> Dan Stevens
> VW Club of Central NY www.vwccny.com
> Empire VW camping club www.empirevwcamping.org
> 
> 
> 
> Date:    Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:42:13 -0800
> From:    Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> Subject: Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
> 
> thanks for the warning.
> I'm not sure that I'm going to be messing with that screw.
> I expect that it should have more than enough stroke to compensate for wear
> all right. .
> just thought I'd ask.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 3:09 AM
> Subject: Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
> 
> 
>> If you don't know what you're doing tightening that screw too much is an
>> easy way to burn the tranny up and if you get the band to slip off the
>> piston on one side or the screw you get to remove the valve body to try to
>> get it back together.
>> 
>> The piston has more than enough stroke to compensate for wear after the
>> initial adjustment during assembly. If second gear is slipping you will
>> need
>> to open it up and fix everything that is wrong.
>> 
>> Dennis
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>> Scott Daniel - Turbovans
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 6:04 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
>> 
>> Hi all..
>> has anyone ever fiddled with that adjustment ?
>> I am aware of what Bentley says ..
>> just wondering if anyone has tried say, a qtr turn this way or that .
>> 
>> thanks.
>> scott