Date:         Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:08:19 EST
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: what to do about transmission fluid leak out of freezeplug in
              the left
Comments: cc: sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM
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In a message dated 18/12/2006 1:05:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

i  dropped the transmission tonight and came upon a major tranny fluid
leak.  the freezeplug had fallen out of the cv flange, and when i
removed the  drivers-side cv-joint the freezeplug fell to the (not so
clean) ground amid  a stream of tranny fluid.

is there anything i should do before tapping  the plug back into place
other than change the fluid and thoroughly clean  the plug?



Sudhir, you've stumbled upon another Vanagon common  problem !  Those freeze
plugs as your calling them, otherwise known as  drive flange seals, are ALWAYS
falling out.  Clean all mating  surfaces well and use RTV Silicone to GLUE
them back in place.  A light  coating over the surface seam afterwards seems to
help also.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg  (Forsale) & Lionel Trains
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa  Valley
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