Road de-icing brine solutions are regularly used as far south as the
Carolinas. That stuff destroyed the bottom of my motorhome. I have seen a
number of VW including Vanagon transmissions corroded to the point that the
top of the main housing has collapsed leaving a large hole. From the factory
the later engines and transmissions had some type of waxy coating on them.
Most paints need to be maintained on these things.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Felder
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 7:59 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 5sp transmission rebuild?

In Alabama where it lives rust and corrosion are two things we don't worry
about unless parked for decades.

Jim

> On Apr 25, 2016, at 6:44 PM, Scott <SCOTTDANIEL@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>
> well at least they painted it !
>
> drives me nuts that shops and rebuilders don't consider rust and
corrosion.
> They get the bare metal part on there, and think their job is done.
> CV joint flanges don't rust ??  of course they do.
> or brake drums ?
>
> I painted a rebuilt Syncro trans in Zero Rust brand black paint ..
> goes on thin, took 5 coats ..
> I suspect that trans won't rust for a while.
>
>
>> On 04/25/2016 08:40 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
>> I sent mine to bus depot who uses rancho in California. That was 165,000
miles ago and I am still happy with it. The only thing I didn't like is that
they inexplicably painted it black, making it harder to spot leaks (that I
haven't had yet).
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>> On Apr 25, 2016, at 1:07 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've finally got money saved to have my 5sp tranny rebuilt but I'm
>>> undecided now about where to send/take it to have the work
>>> done...German trans in Bend is "quoting" me $1900 with a big core
>>> fee, and they want to dismantle mine before they will give me an actual
estimate on anything...
>>>    The "other" shop in duval, Wa.  Their starting quote is
>>> attractive, they're a little further away from me.
>>>
>>>  I'm a bit gun-shy about having a strange business dismantle my
>>> transmission with a "blank check".... "We'll look at it, and then
>>> tell you how much it'll cost?". I understand that, but sheesh!
>>> .they'd have my tranny and they could easily decide to maximize
>>> their take ($) with my tranny apart and on their bench 200 miles away.
>>>   Has anyone else had either of these shops do a 5 sp rebuild on a
>>> 2wd Vanagon transmission?
>>>    I am hearing whining noise in all gears...no popping out or
>>> shifting problems with any gears, but this transmission has been
>>> getting noisier for some time... It's now noticeable louder when I
>>> roll down a window....past time to have it done.  I want to get the van
back...
>>>  Any experienced 5sp 2wd tranny service feedback for me?  Don Hanson
>