A taller second and third would be nice

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
On Oct 22, 2013 12:34 PM, "Stacy Schneider" <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote:

>       Go and drive a  5 speed before you put one in your own car .
>        Those things are horrible to drive.  That 1 st gear over and down
> will make you curse it every time you do it.  There is no real advantage
> that a well built 4 speed won't  give you  .
>        I had one in a  112'd Tristar and it would have been replaced with
> either a 4 speed or an A / T had I kept it.
>
>                             .Stacy
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 22, 2013, at 10:19 AM, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>