Velma is not going on any trips until next spring/summer, only into the
garage after I finish repairing the deer damage on my Hyundai. Hopefully I
can find a 5 speed and have it gone through, if not this 4 speed will be
gone through. Heres for hoping for the elusive 5 speed

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
On Oct 22, 2013 11:33 AM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> The bottom line is you are on borrowed time with this unit, with the
> ultimate result you could need to add the  core charge to the cost of your
> rebuild.  Bits of hardened metal are swirling around in your oil and
> circulating through the transmission and transaxle. Once that hardened
> surface is lost, complete failure is rapid.
>
> BTW, I'm amazed to see that people have replaced the input shaft bearing
> with the shaft in place.  Lots of skill and patience required to get that
> bearing out in situ.
>
> I don't do my own transmission work, so I've had Daryl do three for me over
> the years:  www.aatransaxle.com He'll send you a box for $50, or you can
> often order an off the shelf unit and ship your (currently) rebuildable
> core
> back in the box and save the $50.  Core charge is $500 if yours is toast
> (usually case damage).
>
> Good luck!
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> ralph meyermann
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 7:57 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Noisy transaxle??
>
> Pretty sure that my input shaft bearing is loose/going out, but I think
> there are other worn parts that need attention.
>
>
>