Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:59:41 -0700
Reply-To: aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
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From: aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Subject: Re: Replaced auto tranny doesn't work. Advice needed!
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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" <macgroup@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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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