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Subject:Re: ATF treatment for stuck lifters/85 vanagon
From:Lawrence Johnson
Date:Sat, 11 Jul 1998 16:21:54 -0400

Leo,
What type of ATF did you use?  Dextron III?
Larry

> After hearing a dreaded new sound emanating from the engine
> compartment....a clackety-clack type of "oh-oh-what-now" noise, I went
> back to my files of postings that I thought might prove useful, and
> diagnosed (perhaps properly??) that it was a stuck lifter.Anyway I
> tried a previously recommended ATF infusion and the noise magically
> vanished.

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