Date:         Fri, 17 Nov 2000 19:18:05 EST
Reply-To:     DowellCMD@CS.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tony Dowell <DowellCMD@CS.COM>
Subject:      090 trans(delayed 2-3 shift)
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hello everyone,ive got a prob with my 81 a/cooled westy with the auto
tranny.i have a delayed 2-3 shift in it and im trying to zero in on the
problem.1,the van had set up for 8 years and was running only 2 yrs ago and
since has had only 4000 miles put on it out  of the orig 13000 miles it
has.2,the delayed shift only occurs when the engine has warmed up from a dead
cold(not run during the week)start.3,if i let the westy warm up 3 mins,and
then chock it in drive for about 5-10 mins the trans will shift into 3rd in
about 1/2 the time it would normally take for the non-chocked approach.4,it
only does this the 1st time it has to shift 1-2-3 ,then it shifts fine unless
,again it sits and gets cold(4-5 hours)any suggestions?any info would be
appreciated from this first rate mail list.  thanks t.dowell