If you have other spare DK trannies that are good..
far better to put one of those in now..
rather than take a chance on completely ruining your current trans.
 unless you don't care if you render it non-rebuildable ..
core value is perhaps $ 400.
  If you run it too far, too long ...it could be worth zip possibly.

DK's ...btw........are highly sought after by all 82 diesel vanagon owners.
......those that don't already have one that is.  They're valuable, that
trans.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Jensen" <bluesbug@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Tranny Whinning in 84 Westy?

> Not to butt in to this conversation, but....I also have a whining manual
> tranny on my '80 Camper.  It started a few hundred miles ago (I think)
> and is most pronounced in first and second.  It still whines in third,
> but a bit less and not noticeably in fourth.  So I gather from the
> conversation that this is likely a bad input shaft (main) bearing.  I
> also gather (hopefully) I can expect to get a few more thousands of
> miles before it fails completely.  Is this a reasonable guess?  I have a
> couple of spares trannies, but no "spare" cash at the moment for a
> rebuild.  I'd like to put the repair off a couple of months.
>
> John Jensen
> johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com
> http://www.johnjensenartist.com
> bluesbug@verizon.net