Basically you just clean it, carefully and well. There are springs and ball
bearings and screws that would be easy to lose, and of course there's lots
of dirty ATF. I used a large (like 35' x 20') lid to a Rubbermaid container
as a work surface (it had raised edges to catch the gunk). Put the lid in a
couple of clear garbage sacks, and took a picture of every single thing I
did, no matter how slight. Lots of lint-free shop towels.
If you think it's excessively worn (check the plate where the bearings rub
for ovaling) you can get a reconditioned unit from German Transaxle.
 On Dec 4, 2013 9:16 PM, "thewestyman" <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:

> I can take off the pan and change the filter and even take out the valve
> body, but I would not know what to do with that.
> I will try to change the filter first.  The valve body is something I have
> not done yet.  I guess, one needs to change some items in it.
> Zoltan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john Lauterbach
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 9:03 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: A/T changes hard
>
> Time to get your van to a competent A/T repair shop for cleaning the
> valve body, new filter, and new fluid.
>
> Jojm
>
> On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 20:57 -0800, thewestyman wrote:
>
>> Hello to all,
>>
>> This A/T is changing hard in the morning until it warms up.  I don�t have
>> a good idea what to do with it, if any, to have it back to good order.
>> Anyone?
>> Greetings to all in Christmas spirit.
>> Zoltan
>>
>