Thanks for the info on this. Still struggling with the flange shaft bearing
issue. Not having much success finding someone around this neck of the
woods that I consider competent to do the job.

On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 8:24 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> The 090 Transaxle is unique to the bus/Vanagon. Same for torque converter.
> The Automatic section known as the 010 is common for many VW with some
> variances for application. For example, for the air-cooled bus and Vanagon
> along with most of the Rabbit, Jetta, Scirocco applications ATF cooling was
> provided by the torque converter fins, no added cooler such as on the water
> cooled Vanagon. Also, for the Diesel Rabbits there was a unique valve body
> of the "E" mode automatic. Take your foot off the throttle and it goes in
> neutral for free wheeling down hills.
>
> The soft parts for these transmissions are readily available. The bad day
> is when a ring/pinion set is needed, or the final drive housing is
> worn/damaged. Also, there are no cores available anywhere, so torque
> converter rebuilds are yours is sent out and then shipped back. Performance
> of the rebuilds is sometimes spotty and yes, they do sometimes fail.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of John
> Rodgers
> Sent: Sunday, October 9, 2022 8:11 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Vanagon tranny
>
> Is the vanagon 090 transmission or perhaps transaxle used in any other
> model Volkswagen?
>