Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:30:46 -0800
Reply-To: aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
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From: aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Subject: Re: Cost to R&R seal between tranny/differential
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I am thinking the price is about right..I have done it both ways in past
years and doing it in the van can be done, but I found it a PITA to get
things all lined up again by just pulling at AT section without wanting to
beat the he!! out of it in frustration..Mo power to them if they can use
that shortcut.. $400 relates to about 4 hrs of labor and thats more than
fair these days for that job.
Daryl of AA Transaxle
425-788-4070
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: Cost to R&R seal between tranny/differential
> On 11/10/2009 9:38 PM Zoran Mladen wrote:
>
>> Yes, the tranny can be pulled off the diff with the diff still in the
>> car.
>>
>
> Thanks, Zoran.
>
> On an automatic, yes?
>
> If so, is $350 to $400 a fair price to pay to have someone do this to
> examine the seal(s) between the tranny and the diff for possible leaks?
>
> Again, the symptoms we have here are: one year ago, the diff was found to
> be dry, though still working fine. The filler plug looked as though it had
> never been opened, ever, as it was totally crusted with old crud. The diff
> was then re-filled with whatever one fills a diff with. Yesterday the lube
> in the diff was found to be a bit low, and the tranny fluid looks a bit
> discolored, a leak between the two suspected.
>
> Are there other possible causes for these signs? I drained and changed the
> tranny fluid m'self five years ago, have put on about 10,000 miles since.
>
> Maybe someone point me to the relevant pages in Bentley's so I can get an
> idea about where this suspected diff/tranny leak might be.)
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 10:23:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: Cost to R&R seal between tranny/differential
>>
>> I think the trans can be pulled off the diff without removing everything.
>> If that's the case, he might be a little high.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>> There's no sign of a leak outside. He said that the transmission fluid
>>>> (auto tranny) looked discolored and proposed that there could be a
>>>> leak in
>>>> the seal/gasket/whateveritis between the two.
>>>>
>>>> A job like this is entirely outside my skills and tools and space to
>>>> work in.
>>>>
>>>> I asked him to quote cost to R&R and he said $350-$400.
>>>>
>>>> Whatcha all think?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>>>> Bend, OR
>>>> KG6RCR
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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