Let's see what you find when you get to the defective parts. Sometimes new
parts fail also.
It is also likely that something just wasn't assembled or shimmed correctly.
Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
aka.bugle
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 4:22 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Yup, I solidly guarantee ALL my work, (here I go into the AT
again)

Thanks Dennis...   I know you HATE to tell me you told me so... but you
told me so... probably my poor man rebuild, sans pistons...    when it
tries to shift to 3rd (in Drive) it slips and the engine acts like its in
neutral.     R, 1st and 2nd are both fine.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Dennis Haynes
<d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Before tearing it out you should do some diagnostics.
>
> Does it fail to shift into 3rd, (drive or direct) or when it tries
> does it slip and let the engine rev freely? If the former it may just
> be a problem with the governor or valve body. If the later you
> probably have a bad piston, a broken ring on the pump drum, or
> something inside fell apart. The bentely also has some test procedures
> using a pressure gauge to help figure it out.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of aka.bugle
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:43 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Yup, I solidly guarantee ALL my work, (here I go into the AT
> again)
>
> Trying to rebuild my AT I've learned... save now, pay later! I
> couldn't afford to replace all the parts, and tried to reuse some.
> Luckily, my mechanic (ME!) stands behind all his work... Not that I
> have any more money now than I did before.
>
> --
> Driving a 2 speed, not 3 speed Auto,
>                           ~david
>
>

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Best Regards,
                          ~david