Sometimes these gaskets are hard to get in place. Some of them are not sized
right and need to be stretched and glued on the pan to get them to seat at
all. If the gasket was on and sealing and then failed in use you have a
symptom! The transmission is overheating and the gasket will be brittle and
cracked when you remove it. You need to find the cause of the overheating.
If it is getting hot enough to damage the pan gasket the seals and pistons
inside will not fare much better and an overhaul will be needed. If really
unlucky you will need to add the cost of a tow home.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Michael
Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 10:40 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Trans pan gasket

Hey guys,

I had my transmission gasket fail awhile back and I'm going to replace it
soon. Seems straight forward:

Drain the oil
Take off the pan
Remove gasket residue
Replace gasket and pan
Fill with oil

Anything I'm missing or is it jus as simple as that?

Never done it before but at one point that statement was true for all the
work I've done on the van

Any insight is appreciated.

Mike
88 auto w/ac