Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:31:50 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Trans. Oil filler plug?
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That was me on the 'when did you ever get to DOWNSHIT going into a hill
in a Vanagon at 65 mph !? )
I call it 'half a granny' on the 5 speed- first gear.
The Real Beauty of the 5 speed is the rations and spacing of the top 3
gears, 3rd, 4th and 5th. top gear is nicely just a bit higher than top
gear in a 4 speed.
There are Euro gasoline 5 speed trans.
re
but on my '84 I had to
detach the shift rod bracket from the transmission and move the rod out of
the way to get at the plug.
you just didn't have the right tool.
When I get into my 'sellathon' on of these days, and get my shipping system down really good, I'll be offering 'shorty 17 mm allen trans drain plug gizmo's. - fits in a tiny space, you just use your 17MM box wrench on it.
Better even than a 17 mm allen socket that fits on a ratchet - those take up too much room.
and..........this little tool I offer takes up no room in your took box, and adds almost no fuel-miage-robbing weight to your road traveling Vanagon ! Ideally I supply it with some blurbs on gear oil choices, notes about lubing shift linkage ( everyone does that once or twice a year right ? - about 4 or 5 spots on the shift linkage ) etc.
scott
www.turbovans.com
Don Hanson wrote:
> Thanks, Stuart,
>
> Found it and got it out. I was looking up on the top like it was in my
> Beetle tranny...
> The 5sp was in my van, which was converted from a WBX to an inline 4 gas
> motor by the PO. He must have found a diesel van to get the tranny from.
> It really is a great gearbox for me..As someone mentioned, going at a hill,
> I backshift from 5th at about 65 and I can hold that speed in 4th with no
> problem on all but the steepest hills. I rarely use the first gear, which
> is quite a "granny" ratio. That 1st is perfect for crawling up steep rough
> tracks or getting started on really steep hills.
> Don Hanson
>
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:25:54 -0700, Stuart MacMillan <macgroup@COMCAST.NET>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Where did you get the five speed? I'm out of date, but on my '84 I had to
>> detach the shift rod bracket from the transmission and move the rod out of
>> the way to get at the plug.
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>>
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