My fear! A lot to consider - or reconsider! Seems my engine is holding out really great except for a few - huh, routine maintenance issues. Sometimes breaking down away from home is a good thing. New perspective or eyes. 

Each problem with the auto trans occurred after a road trip & towing 1200 lbs. That shouldn't be a problem eh? Been thinking about asking what the max towing capacity for an 83 Westy with a 1.9L waterboxer & auto trans.  Stops it just fine.

tom

On Dec 7, 2011, at 9:38 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:

> Bad enough that the troubles were local. But Imagine how much more of a hassle that would have been had the tranny been used and come from halfway across the country.
> 
> John
> 
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com
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> 
> On 12/7/2011 8:15 PM, Tom Torrella wrote:
>> And didn't drive for 6 mo until the 3rd rebuild was done!
>