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Date:         Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:19:01 +0000
Reply-To:     Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Carpenter <Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Replaced auto tranny doesn't work. Advice needed!

Hi Ken, If you don't get her going, send me a p-mail. I've got a good use auto tranny I can let go reasonably. best, John

-------------- Original message -------------- From: aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>

> If I bemember correctly from 10 yrs ago...there is a plunger unit that sits > right above the valve body...If that fails, all the van will do is lock up > in Rev..or feel like it because the plunger (can't think of its real name) > holds pressure to keep the Rev clutch pack disengaged. If it leaks, the van > will feel like its trying to go into rev all the time. > I know this info is scetchy, but it is a very easy fix if thats the case.. > Daryl of AA Transaxle > (425) 788-4070 > aatransaxle.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart MacMillan" > To: > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:49 PM > Subject: Re: Replaced auto tranny doesn't work. Advice needed! > > > > Ken, > > > > It's toast. Slippin' & slidin' is the end, and usually it's reverse that > > goes first since it is the lowest gear and demands the most from the > > clutches and the highest pressure from the pump. You can either take it to > > a > > transmission shop (www.german-transaxle.com is a good one), or have the > > kids > > rebuild it, if the instructor is willing to tackle that. You will need to > > buy them the parts and a Bentley manual. They will have two junk boxes to > > work with and could maybe get one working unit out of them for you! > > > > Stuart > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > > Ken Taylor > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:14 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Replaced auto tranny doesn't work. Advice needed! > > > > After my 1990 Vanagon Multivan sat unused for about a year because of an > > automatic transmission failure, I finally found someone in my area with a > > used auto tranny from an '86 Westy for sale. The auto shop at the high > > school where I teach installed it for me under the guidance of the auto > > shop > > instructor, who is a former VW mechanic. > > > > Sadly, it's still not usable. Now, when I put it in reverse, it feels as > > if > > I'm trying to back over an enormous speed bump. It backs up very > > slightly, > > but stops, seemingly as if it's trying to back over something far too > > steep. > > Yet, if I put it in reverse and don't apply pressure on the gas pedal, it > > will roll backward slowly but freely. > > > > The former owner of the transmission, who has since moved out of the area > > (meaning that I'm on my own with this problem), seemed like an honest > > young > > man who claimed that it came from a Vanagon that he owned and that it had > > worked fine when he removed it. > > > > > > Could there be another explanation other than the transmission not working > > correctly when I purchased it? What would be a next step in diagnosing > > the > > problem? > > > > Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions. > > > > Ken > > Western Washington


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