How do ya figger ?
It's the same 3 speed auto trans used in all 2WD watercooled vanagons.
even the air-cooled vanagons  before that.

On 1/22/2014 5:01 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> I test drove an automatic and a manual when I bought my Carat new in 1990.
> Hated the automatic, bought the manual. When my daughter got a 1990
> automatic a few years ago, I loved it. Vanagons have sure changed a lot in
> 24 years.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Aristotle Sagan
> <killer.jupiter@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Funny, I don't remember shifting my cars at all. It's automatic. And yes
>> the car is a manual.
>>
>> The daughter, learning to drive in my Ferd 5 speed, has a better
>> appreciation of my driving skills.
>>
>> At least if she wrecks the Ferd, it wasn't a Vanagon.
>>
>> tim in san jose
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I, too, find that I wouldn't have an automatic transmission, most
>>> especially in a vehicle that ventures off the Interstates and city
>>> streets.  Just yesterday I self-started my 84 5sp by pushing it by the
>> door
>>> post and hopping in to pop the clutch.  A minor delay as opposed to a
>> major
>>> production getting AAA to come (nearest AAA is over 50 miles away) I also
>>> like being able to modulate the way it gets going by how I release the
>>> clutch, and to choose a proper gear, to anticipate a driving situation I
>>> can see, but some automatic shifter would mess up....like an un-asked for
>>> shift when cornering on slick roads, or trying to rock out of a
>> semi-stuck
>>> situation.
>>> So far I don't find shifting my own gears is too much work, the better
>>> functionality certainly is worthwhile, in my world....if I commuted in LA
>>> daily, then I might consider an automatic...
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which
>> case, you ain't got there yet.
>>