Any shop that appears to have any reservations is not the shop you want. All
the normal wear parts are readily available from the tranny shop suppliers.
For the torque converter and the seals between the auto and final drive
sections I go to the dealer. I have had problems with those seals from the
kits. You want to replace all the pistons while in there , (not part of the
kit, an extra). I have only once had a bad valve body. Not much to wear
there.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David Beierl
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 8:40 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Auto trans wisdom please?

At 06:15 PM 5/7/2012, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>I've seen my share of transmission to engine separation, especially
>with

Thanks, Dennis.  Is he liable to have trouble with parts?  Most of the shops
around here hear "VW" and say "go away, nobody works on them because they
won't sell you parts."  I know he's found a "rebuild kit."

Yrs,
d