Mine is at 217,000 miles. I'm pretty sure it has never been worked on. I did put new synthetic gear oil in at about 130,000 miles. Donald Baxter '85 GL Iowa City, Iowa
----- Original Message ----- From: "Art McGinn" <ajmcginn@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 4:52 PM Subject: transmission life expectancy?
> at one time, the vw transaxle was described as "bulletproof," capable of > 100,000 miles and perhaps much more of reliable service before it needed > fixing or replacement. is this still true, or was it ever? i am looking at > the likely need for a replacement of a rebuild after only 27,000 miles -- > and extremely easy ones, at that -- and that seems like not much service > from that rebuild. anybody getting anything like 100,000 from an original or > rebuild vanagon transmission? while living in california, i am tempted to > go out-of-state to aa transmissions in seattle area in search of a quality > product. anybody had any experience with aa, particularly longevity of its > product (i assume they are very nice etc.). please respond to aa > transmission query by private email, ajmcginn@earthlink.net. thanks and > cheers, art mcginn, '82 westy, san fran |
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