Date:         Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:30:29 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: tranny swap
Comments: To: Jeffrey Stangeland <haewolius@YAHOO.COM>
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I would suggest you starts your re-built tranny's life with Redline MT
90 for blood. It will take care of you for a long time. Change it out
about every two years. A lot of people diasagree with this, but all
oils, tranny oil included, are made from long chain molecules and over
time they shear, and all gears and bearings wear, and the wear material
adds to the mix to help grind more material, etc, etc, etc. Changing
periodically gets rid of the debris, reduces the wear, and lengthens the
life. Just plain good horse sense.

John Rodgers
88 Gl Driver

Jeffrey Stangeland wrote:

>hi all-
>
>i'm preparing to swap the crapped out tranny on my
>"new" '81 westy with a aa transaxle rebuild... i'm
>wondering if there is anything in particular to pay
>attention to with the pancake engine. i used to have a
>'70 that i did a bunch of engine work on. got the
>bentley manual, the haynes manual and the muir manual.
>wondering if there is anything these all left out that
>someone out there might've found through
>experience...?
>also- will i need any special tools?
>thanks as always....
>peace,
>jeff
>'81 westy
>
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