Date:         Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:58:01 -0600
Reply-To:     ok artguy <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         ok artguy <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      '90 Vanagon with bad auto trans... what am I getting into?
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I have an opportunity to buy a running '90 Carat automatic (110k, working
AC, nice body/int, alloys etc) for what I feel to be a veery low price. The
owner tells me that it was driving fine until last week, when it made a
"slight grinding noise from the rear" while exiting the freeway. He tells me
he got to where he was going and parked, and when he tried to leave an hour
later the van wouldn't move in any direction. He says that he checked the
fluid in the pan, and it was clean and at the proper level. He suspects the
torque convertor, but isn't sure. I have NO experience with auto-trans
buses, so I'm not sure what obtaining a new one/swapping it out will entail.
Overall, it sounds like it might be a good deal, but I wanted to get some
input from the list first. Thanks-

JJ



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