dear not what was expected if i were to do it all again right now ... with the same $$ ... i would ave taken vehicle to stephans auto haus in sacremento and let him do the work yours On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > I went and picked up the 83 Vanagon (full Westy) with an auto > transmission my daughter just bought. Turned out it is an 82 (air > cooled 2L motor) with an auto tranny. The transmission works for 1st > & 2nd gears but does not go into 3rd or reverse. > > Sigh... not what I was expecting but I'll deal with it. > > 1st thing is the transmission, I am going to put a Subaru 2.2 in it > and I suspect the transmission will need more than a rebuild for > that. I just looked at the Bentley and saw the differences in auto > trannys, it looks like this year transmission did not come with an oil > cooler. > > I plan to call the different auto transmission places recommended > tomorrow and see what they say or maybe find out what else I need to > look at. Sometimes learning curves are "interesting". > > I could use advice on the transmission issues here. > Thanks folk. > > > > Rob > > becida@comcast.net > Western Washington State, USA >
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