The only time I've experienced that symptom in seven years was case of bad motormounts. Take a good look at your mounts and gouge them with a screwdriver from the bottom side, if they're soft, replace them. Stan Wilder 83 Westfalia Air Cooled On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:46:46 -0500 Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET> writes: > Just guessing here, but could the pilot bearing be near sieze > conditions > cold and loosen up after warming?(Webster's definition of shade tree > advice) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Todd Last" <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:09 PM > Subject: Re: Jumpy Trans > > > > My transmission has the exact same symptoms. It will shudder when > cold - > but be > > okay when the van is warm. Started happening right after I got a > new > clutch and > > filled the tranny with synthetic oil. My guess is that one of the > seals is > > leaking. > > > > regards, > > > > Todd > > '88 Westy > > > > clerkin wrote: > > > > > OK, so I have received responses from many a good-hearted > listees about > my > > > shuddering transmission. The possible causes seem to range from > moisture to a > > > blown rear (front or whatever) main seal to a transmission > mount. I > have the > > > manual transmission, and the shuddering goes away after a little > driving. Is > > > this indicative of anything? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Patrick ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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