Valerie Chandler (martycha@IX.NETCOM.COM) said on the date of 5/6/98
12:55 PM

>And I came to my decision on the transmission.  I ordered a rebuilt
>manual from The VW Parts Place in Auburn Hills Michigan (248-373-2300),
>and had it shipped to the dealer where the vehicle is right now.  I
>figgered it's worth keeping the van taken care of since I don't know
>when VW will offer another pop-top and nobody in Cincinnati is going to
>sell Eurovans anyway.  Plus the suckers will go for close to forty-grand
>anyway.
>Regards!
>Valerie Chandler

     Valerie, if you can, check with other vendors on the transmission.
Parts Place is a horrible organization to do business with (IMHO) and
they are a  royal pain in the ass about cores.  They won't help you ship
it back, and they tend to not want to pay for what they call a "bad"
core.
     Also make absolutely sure that you have the right piece before you
install, Parts Place is notorious for sending the wrong parts, repetedly.
 I wouldn't be surprised if you got a Rabbit tranny.

     You might want to email Tony Moore, who lives in Cincinnati, and is
on his third Vanagon.  He's ordering a EV Westy from a Cincinnati dealer.

     Tony's email: tony@moorelab.com

     Good to have another A'hian on the list

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Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
vanagon@columbus.rr.com
85GL
74 Bus (Dad's)
72 Wife, 94 Rabbit, 95 Cat, 96 cat

98 Kid (Robert F. O'Shaughnessy Jr. 4/15/98)
Still looking for the Bentley manual on this one!