If you're resigned to having it rebuilt anyway, add a couple caps full of
brake fluid.  Works by conditioning the rubber seals (makes them swell a
bit).  Don't add more than that little bit.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of Daniel Rotblatt
|Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:01 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: vanagon trans slipping
|
|Eh...  I drained some ATF and added the same amount of Lucas
|ATF stuff.  The trans is still slipping, maybe a slight bit
|better, but that may be hopeful thinking.  Seems to slip
|sometimes when slowly speeding up at low speeds - around 10
|MPH - and sometimes more on turns (maybe right turns?).
|General shifting seems slow as well, but I'm now worried about
|it so I'm really focused on it.  Certainly not as smooth as my
|'06 Tacoma.
|
|Dan
|Los Angeles, CA
|"Winky" the '85 Westy Weekender
|
|On Oct 25, 2011, at 9:33 AM, <mkriley@fuse.net> wrote:
|
|> did it work?
|> mike
|> <Re: vanagon trans slipping.eml>
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