Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:41:30 -0500
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Re: out comes the tranny (again)
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Thanks for the pat on the back. No, I do not have any VW factory
training nor have I ever worked for a Dealer. In fact, my day job has
nothing to do with cars although I am responsible for the maintenance,
upgrading, and operation of 16 ton, 60 feet tall Storage-Retrieval
Machines and lots of conveyor in an automated warehouse.
Happy to be of assistance!
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: wlail@ou.edu [mailto:wlail@ou.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:43 PM
To: Dennis Haynes
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: RE: out comes the tranny (again)
Thanks Dennis. I will bring this up with my tranny guy next week when I
return the tranny for the third time.
I had a feeling that the movement of the shifter was telling me
something that was probably related to the
growling.
I truly appreciate your comments. How in the world did you come to know
so much about Vanagons?
Are you a factory-trained technician? You must be, or you must be a
factory Trainer. You are the authority
I look to on the list, bar none. Thanks for being out there and for
being so helpful.
Warren
----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:22 pm
Subject: RE: out comes the tranny (again)
> The shifter moving that much in third indicates the gear carrier
> housingis shot. The thrust load is actually pushing the input shaft
> as you
> apply power. It is probably doing it in 4th also but it will not be as
> noticeable as the overdrive ratio doesn't push as hard. This is a
> commonproblem not noticed by many tranny repair folks. This also
> explains the
> growls.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Warren Lail
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 1:51 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: out comes the tranny (again)
>
> I have a recurring tranny problem. It seems that no matter what I
> do, I
> have to take it back out more often than I
> would like.
>
> I purchased a rebuilt tranny back in November. The tranny growled
> goinginto second gear, and ocassionally
> into 3rd and 4th. So I pulled it out and my tranny guy swapped out the
> synchronizers (got the good German
> ones this time). Put the tranny back in, filled it with Redline
> MT-90,
> have driven it about 4,000 miles since then.
> It still growls going into second, sometimes into third, and sometimes
> into fourth.
>
> My shifter linkage is new from end to end. I have adjusted the
> linkagevia Bently over and over, and have had
> some of my buddies help and double-check my adjustments. My clutch is
> relative new (13,000 miles) and
> I have bled my clutch slave cylinder. The clutch appears to be
> releasing just fine.
>
> I have noticed that when I shift to third and release the clutch, the
> shifter moves to the rear by an inch or so.
> There is no movement in any other gear. My motor mounts are new. The
> tranny mount is not broken or
> cracked that I can see. Is this movement within the tranny itself?
> If
> so, what is going on here?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Warren Lail
> 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
>
>
>
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