Don't forget to allow for coincidences. I had trans seals and fluid replaced, then two weeks later it starting shifting sluggishly. On a 2000 mile trip to new york and back, I had to let it cool half hour at a rest stop to get it into gear. I was sure the shop had done something... they hadn't. Close inspection of the slave cylinder showed fluid weeping, a new cylinder made my Vanagon shift like new. Also, if you've done brake work recently, and you let the fluid get low, you might need to bleed the clutch to cure sluggish shifting. Jim On Saturday, October 4, 2003, at 04:45 PM, Wesley Alden Pegden wrote: > So, a week or to ago, I switched out my tranny fluid for red line mt90 > in > my (manual transimission) '84 vanagon. Right after the change, it > shifted > like a dream---like butter. Now, though, htat super-smoothness is > definitely gone, and the shifting is maybe stickier than it was > before. I > don't see a leak anywhere. Anybody have any ideas? > > Thanks a bunch, > wes > |
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