The more you drive a slipping tranny the worse the burned up parts will make
it to a rebuild. You gotta do it at some point so just do it now. The
slipping is either due to worn clutch plates/band or a bad internal piston
causing pressure loss.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Daniel Rotblatt
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 4:27 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Auto Transmission slipping

Thought I could get some input on how to milk as many miles out of my tranny
as possible, or maybe there's a fix without a rebuild.

It's an '85 westy, with a 3 speed auto transmission.  It seems to slip most
when accelerate after I go around corners, otherwise it works fine.  Fluid
was a bit high when I bought the car last May, but when i had work done on
it this summer they replaced all the fluids and the level is fine now except
it seems to slip a bit more.  Last time I drove it I noticed the trans
slipping after only a 5 minute drive back from a store - so it wasn't too
hot.

Thanks in advance...

Dan
L.A., CA
'85 Westy Weekender