Just as important as the tools, is the experience. In particular, all the housings must be inspected and checked for proper fit of the bearings. As a newbie to the trans world, consider the possibility of doing it a 2nd time at the same or greater cost of the 1st time. You will also need access to a press and some measuring tools. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Steve Cotsford Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 9:51 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Looking for Transmission tools My '91 Carat locked in 4th gear the other day but I carefully made it home. Last eve I bit the bullet and dropped out the transmission....quite easy as trannies go, took me about 1 1/2 hours. Van on axle-stands on the driveway...what a sad sight. I would like to be able to work on the tranny myself so I have been studying Bentleys. It doesnt look too bad...IF you have 1 or 2 essential tools. Reading Toms article confirms this too. Where can I get the VW 381/14 and 381/15 tools from ? Does anybody have them I could rent or borrow ? Tom's article says BugPak but I havent located them yet. Can anybody help? Am I crazy for wanting to try ? Should I swap the whole thing for Auto ? The wife would like that. cheers, Steve Cotsford Columbia SC |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.