In a message dated 11/27/98 3:19:24 AM, you wrote:

<<My fourth gear required replacing at about 160k Km.

Jimmy Sanby
Cape Town SA
'89 Syncro 15"
>>> Andreas <anjar@ONLINE.NO> 11/26 3:49 PM >>>
Hi all, I read with some concern that when my gearbox gets to about 140k
it WILL blow. My 87 Syncro has 188k km on its original transmission, Id
be interested to hear from anyone who has got significantly more mileage
out of their gearboxes, then maybe I can sleep again at night!  Dave
Perry  1987 Syncro bus>>

Hi Dave,
I have over 170.000 miles on my gear box.
Runs strong so far, just have some shifting problems getting into 1st gear
(posted a few days ago). This is news to me about gear boxes blowing??? Am I
missing something???
Dan
87 Syncro GL Westy
71 Bug Conv