Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:41:39 -0800
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cost to R&R seal between tranny/differential
Comments: To: Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
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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
>>>
>>>
>>
>