Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:49:30 -0500
Reply-To: Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: manual trans whine and leak
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Dennis,
How does finding a leak and being low (or no oil for all I know) play into the picture?
Ed> From: d23haynes57@hotmail.com> To: eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: RE: manual trans whine and leak> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:46:48 -0500> > The whine in first and second gear is usually a sign of a bad input shaft> bearing or the gears are just worn. The sticking in third and fourth is a> sign of the classic cracked 3-4 slider hub. Oil will not fix it, it won't> heal, and it won't get better. > > Dennis> > -----Original Message-----> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of> Edward Duntz> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 3:31 PM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: manual trans whine and leak> > I had a chance today to crawl under the van to check on my transmission> whine ('85 Westfalia with stock 1.9 and manual transmission, 172,000 on both> as far as I know.) On my last trip, I noticed a whine when going into first> or second gears. The noise seemed like it came right up through the shifter> lever. Near the end of the trip, it also had a hard time getting out of> fourth gear at a stop light. > > I saw a drip of gear oil at the driver's side inner cv joint. It was quite a> pain adding oil, and I think I got more on my and my tarp than in the trans.> I got about six or seven ounces in before I gave up and decided to find a> better way to add it tomorrow. (I had some clear plastic tubing coming off> of the bottle, but it kept slipping off.)> > Anyway, this little bit of oil didn't change the noise. So I hope to add> more later. But I'm wondering if my noise is due to a lack of lubricant,> could I have done any damage? And if not, and I can add more oil and fix the> leak, how labor-intensive might it be to fix? > > Thanks,> Ed in CT> _________________________________________________________________> Get 5 GB of storage with Windows Live Hotmail.> http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_5gb_112> 008>
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