VANAGON archives -- August 2006, week 3 (#258)

Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:35:58 -0400 Reply-To: Matt Sutton <msutts@EARTHLINK.NET> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Matt Sutton <msutts@EARTHLINK.NET> Subject: Manual transmission leak- 88 GL- update Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

Hi folks,

Finally got to inspect the transmission, and found a 1" crack in the front cover where the lower bolts join it to the case.

I've never heard of this happening before; but then again past 200k anything goes, I suppose. Joel W. sent me an etka page and the part# for the cover is 091-301-197, but I figure that would be a pretty long shot in any vendor/dealer inventory.

I'm considering a drain/clean/jBweld scenario. I'm a little uncomfortable with dropping the gearbox to correct it, having never done it before, and as always for me this would be a NYC curbside operation with little room/time for error.

Thoughts?

Matt Sutton 88 GL Brooklyn NY

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