Date:         Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:09:15 -0600
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
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From:         Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Automatic Westy's vs Manual Westy's - two wheel
Comments: To: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
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That's interesting.  I have an 85 automatic with perennial leakage
problems, sometimes internal sometimes external.  I curse my
automatic for that reason alone.  Since i live in a rusty northern
climate is that a potential reason for all this trouble?  I'd love to
fix it once and for all.

Jeff

On 19-Dec-06, at 7:18 PM, Old Volks Home wrote:

> Automatics.  With all the problems that Listees have reported about
> their
> Stick Shift Vanagons, I am so glad I have my Automatic - nary a
> problem
> since 1997, although I did a complete rebuild 3 years ago when the
> cooler
> corroded out with coolant mixing with ATF at the time.  I like my
> Automatic
> - has never let me down on the road anywhere driving all over the
> country.
>