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Date:         Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:23:59 -0400
Reply-To:     Herr Wibo Fichten <wibo.fichten@ROGERS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Herr Wibo Fichten <wibo.fichten@ROGERS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Transmission housing corrosion and (separate question)
              asbestos ;~(
Comments: To: Daryl Christensen <aatransaxle@direcway.com>
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Thanks for the response Daryl, I guess I can take your expert's word as Gospel. Any special Paint suggested, or suggested prep work?

Fichten

----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Christensen" <aatransaxle@direcway.com> To: "Herr Wibo Fichten" <wibo.fichten@ROGERS.COM>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 15:21 Subject: Re: Transmission housing corrosion and (separate question) asbestos ;~(

> Corrosion on trannys where salt/anti icing stuff is used is all too common. > There are many core tranny's I get that have totally unusable cases due to > that problem and there is nothing other than painting when thay are still ok > that will stop it. > Once the alloy is starting to go, there is nothing permanent that will help > that I know of. JB weld will temporarily do the job, but wont stay put for > long. Some guys have added steel pieces onto where the shifter mounting tab > goes to jury rig it, but you have to have enough material there to hook the > plate to....no easy answer.. > Daryl of AA Transaxle > Duvall, WA. (Seattle area) > 1-877-377-0773 toll free > 425-788-4070 > aatransaxle.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Herr Wibo Fichten" <wibo.fichten@ROGERS.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:54 PM > Subject: Transmission housing corrosion and (separate question) asbestos ;~( > > > > Busbrats, Vanagonites, Syncronauts, lend me your ears... > > > > I have a project 1988 Syncro and have discovered to my dismay rather > severe > > corrosion of certain areas of the transaxle housing. There are no rotted > > through holes, but the shift link attachment point (a sort of tab thingy) > > fell off. The place where the diff locker switch enters the housing is > quite > > corroded. > > > > This is a canadian vehicle that was winter driven, but my 1984 2wd, which > > was also winter driven (but not every winter), has it's housing quite > > intact. > > > > The affected parts seem to crumble to a dark grey dust. > > > > Any suggestions as to what may have caused this? Sure there is road salt, > > but I was under the impression that aluminium was much better at resisting > > corrosion, as opposed to steel? Aluminium road signs exposed to salt > spray > > seem to last forever. The head corrosion problems were attributed to > > phosphates, not road salt. > > > > Anybody know if you can weld aluminium (to add some metal, essentialy, > > rather than to join two parts). Would this be at the risk of warping the > > housing? How about the other handyman's duct tape, epoxy of the JB Weld > > variety (for an outside application, as opposed to the head repair > > proceedures discussed in the archives)? > > > > How can I stop or slow the dammage? Just a bit of rust proof oiling, I > > suppose? > > >


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