BenT: It is the ugly brown stuff. No White Curd (Whew!) Will give it the brush and paint treatment. Thanks! Pete 87 Westy (Automatic) ŗJoešs Van˛ on 3/13/04 11:15 AM, BenTbtstr8@aol.com at BenTbtstr8@aol.com wrote: > Pete, > > Are you talking about RUST as in iron oxide as in the ugly brown stuff? If > that's what you are seeing, then it's from the body and not the transmission > housing. The tranny resides in an aluminum alloy case. You'd be getting white > curd if the tranny housing is oxidizing. I would just wire brush the tranny > case and paint it with a good quality paint. However, if what you see is a > reddish brown, I would look above the transmission for traces of rust under > the body of the van itself. > > BenT > Vanagon Cafe <http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/> > |
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