Date:         Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:11:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Hesitation starting in 1st gear
In-Reply-To:  <4E1ED8DE.3040301@cox.net>
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How many miles on it?

Cya,
Robert
On Jul 14, 2011 4:59 AM, "Kevin Jordan" <kevin.jordan@cox.net> wrote:
> Good morning all!
>
> My '86 Auto Vanagon Westy with 127K just started
> hesitating/bucking/slipping? when pulling off from a stop. My analysis
> so far is that it only occurs when just starting off in 1st gear (1st to
> 2nd and 2nd to 3rd are fine). There is no hesitation when starting off
> in reverse. There is no hesitation when I rev the engine in Park or
> Neutral. A/T fluid is between the high/low marks after warm-up and I
> checked differential gear fluid last night and was fine. Both A/T fluid
> and Diff gear fluid were changed less than year ago. The bell housing
> area is darker than the rest of the transmission as if it has thrown
> minimal amounts of fluid around, but not enough to notice on the
> dipstick. My symptoms may be moot, considering that this transmission
> has not been rebuilt, but other than the starting off in 1st gear issue,
> the original trans and engine run fine.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kevin