Date:         Tue, 3 May 2005 18:18:54 -0500
Reply-To:     Chuck Kuecker <ckuecker@CKENT.ORG>
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From:         Chuck Kuecker <ckuecker@CKENT.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Need Automatic Transmission
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At 12:10 05/02/2005, jbange wrote:
>At 08:37 AM 5/2/2005, you wrote:
>>I
>>think yu must remove this adj screw all the way out,remove the valve
>>body,install the piston pinand piston,install the adj screw pin and screw,
>>and then the valve body. 2 hours work.Once again this is easy easy easy.If
>>you need help, I will tellyou the details of valve body removelGood luck,
>
>Yeah, I looked over the pics in the bentley and see what you mean. I
>actually already have the unit partially disassembled, down to where I can
>see the two ends of the 2nd gear band and the piston shaft wedged up over
>the band end. I couldn't pull the 2nd gear drum out yesterday, but I'm
>hoping I can weasel it loose if I loosen the adjuster like you say. My main
>concern is with what I broke. The one part I got out is a small rectangular
>wafer with a channel milled across it. It's not visibly broken, so it
>apparently was being held in by what broke. I can see the edge of the
>broken piece and, from the rough texture of the break, it appears to have
>been part of a cast part(rather than forged/milled). My guess is that it's
>a piece of the case. Probably a critical piece which renders the case
>unusable. I'm always very diligent when I break something and make sure I
>render the as much of the device inoperable as possible with the least
>amount of effort. :)
>
>John Bange
>'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"

You definitely need to remove the band adjuster all the way - and the
piston, too.

That rectangular piece sounds like the key that holds the reverse clutch
outer ring in place. It just slide into a square slot in the housing.

I took my tranny apart enough times to be intimately familiar with those
little chunks of metal...

Chuck Kuecker
'91 GL