Date:         Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:16:10 -0500
Reply-To:     pete or nancy owsianowski <pnocean@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         pete or nancy owsianowski <pnocean@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Transmission Question
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My Brother=in-law is the new proud owner of an '85 Wolfsburg.  Sent this
question:


Remember how I told you that my transmission fluid level is too high?
>> Well, I thought it would be an easy process to just get under there and
>> drain off a bit.  But no dice.  First, I can't find a thing that looks
>> obviously like a drain plug, and second, there's a complication according
>> to The Bentley.
>>
>> It seems that before you drain off any tranny fluid, you need to be sure
>> that there's no fluid leaking into the tranny from the Final Drive unit,
>> which is considered separate from the transmission itself.  The FD has
the
>> drive shafts to the wheels coming out of each side; the "transmission" is
>> the smaller unit forward of the FD that has the fluid fill tube coming
out
>> of it.
>>
>> Any good ideas on this?  Once upon a time I killed my girlfriend's VW
when
>> I did an oil change.  Turns out I drained the tranny as well as the
>> engine.  (The relationship didn't survive that incident.)  I don't care
to
>> make the same mistake again...
>>

Any thoughts appreciated.

Pete
'87 Westy
"Joe's Van"