Duh. Never mind. That seems like a little early for a rebuild but of course
it's hard to say without knowing how it was treated. All I can tell you is
that both times I had those symptoms I lost first gear within a thousand
miles or so and needed a rebuild.

Cya,
Robert
On Jul 16, 2011 1:11 PM, "Robert Fisher" <garciasghostvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> How many miles on it?
>
> Cya,
> Robert
> On Jul 14, 2011 4:59 AM, "Kevin Jordan" <kevin.jordan@cox.net> wrote:
>> Good morning all!
>>
>> My '86 Auto Vanagon Westy with 127K just started
>> hesitating/bucking/slipping? when pulling off from a stop. My analysis
>> so far is that it only occurs when just starting off in 1st gear (1st to
>> 2nd and 2nd to 3rd are fine). There is no hesitation when starting off
>> in reverse. There is no hesitation when I rev the engine in Park or
>> Neutral. A/T fluid is between the high/low marks after warm-up and I
>> checked differential gear fluid last night and was fine. Both A/T fluid
>> and Diff gear fluid were changed less than year ago. The bell housing
>> area is darker than the rest of the transmission as if it has thrown
>> minimal amounts of fluid around, but not enough to notice on the
>> dipstick. My symptoms may be moot, considering that this transmission
>> has not been rebuilt, but other than the starting off in 1st gear issue,
>> the original trans and engine run fine.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kevin