And the longer you wait the more expensive the repair can become. Especially
after the cost of towing gets added or being far from home and being at some
shops mercy.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Ogul
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 3:56 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Automatic Transmission Issue

Well that makes me feel better! LOL

On Friday, May 10, 2013, Edward Maglott wrote:

> That is what I experienced as my transmission got closer to failure.
> operates fine once it's warmed up, not so good when cold.
> Edward
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:30 PM, James Ogul
> <jimogul70@gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > This is further to my previous post regarding the AT in my 85 Westy.
> > I had mentioned that 3rd would kick in at about the 3.2 - 3.5 mile mark.
> >  Well this morning we let it idle for about 20 minutes and after
> > starting out 3rd kicked in in .5 miles.  Does this tell anything?
> >
> > We drove about 100 miles after that including a mountain climb and
> > it shifted perfectly.
> >
> > Jim
>