Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:56:18 -0700
Reply-To: David Vickery <david_vickery@YAHOO.COM>
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From: David Vickery <david_vickery@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Update on The Miracle & New AA 091 w/ TBD 4 2WD
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Give them a year and they'll be back to touting redline. I used to stay up with all the latest recommendations, then finally decided it really didn't matter much. Course I could be wrong, but I have synthetic the VW shop uses but it isn't redline.
Tom, I forgot to mention, mine shifted a little funny when I first got it. Kind of stiff coming out of gear. I ran dino oil for the first 500 or so miles. Then switched to synthetic. That made no difference but adjusting the shifter base made it go in and out of gear a lot easier. Took me several tries to find the right adjustment but it is good now. It also helped a lot to get some lubricant down on the moving parts underneath at the transmission and in the middle..
--- On Thu, 10/20/11, craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Update on The Miracle & New AA 091 w/ TBD 4 2WD
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 3:57 PM
Apparently,
don't run Redline Synthetic MT90.
: /
At least thats what the yelling on the syncro list indicated.
I have some MT90 with less than 50 miles on it for sale! USED TRANSMISSION
FLUID ANYONE? : )
Glad to hear it Tom!!!!
-Craig
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hey Volks,
>
> For youse vanagon geeks waiting w/ baited breath for the continuation of my
> saga, I will say that all has worked out wel so farl! If you recall, or
> haven't been following my thread, or wish it would just die or go away, no
> such luck.
>
> 1st thread:
> 84 Westy w/ 146k miles on it, won't shift into gear w/ engine
> running. Added brake fluid, which was a tad low, & it still wouldn't shift
> for 24-36 hours, but finally, The Miracle, & it shifted perfectly after
> that.
>
> 2nd thread:
> 30-45 days later, detected whinning sound from tranny & some
> doomsayers said don't drive on my 600 mile trip or R & P could get toasted &
> cost moi the core charge. Others said go for it.
>
> Went on 700 mile trip, whinning the whole way, but shifted well.
> Got back into town w/ a Daryl rebuilt tranny w/ TBD in it (for the
> required 2WD) waiting at my local Vanagon Repair Shop, Utah Imports, & they
> installed it w/ the recommended dino gear oil, Kendall
> > NS-MP 80/90, that my ole buddy P. Guard recommended, & I immediately
> drove off on another closer weekend campout.
>
> Tranny has worked well, although the Dino oil is hard to shift thru 1st
> thing in the am after a cool nite sitting. Might go to a synthetic like
> Swepco or Lubrication Engineers #99 after the Daryl recommended oil change.
> But the Kendall is only $4.30 a quart if you can find it!
>
> Got my autopsy back from Daryl today, after I grilled him when I noticed
> that my full $500 core charge had been refunded into my bank account!
> He said R & P was ok, but the tranny had normally worn bearings, so the
> tranny was rebuildable.
>
> Daryl also forgot to deduct the return $100 shipping core charge to moi, &
> when I told him I owed him that, said Merry Xmas!
>
> Let's have a shout out to ole Daryl, who isn't on the list much these days!
>
> Now I can't wait for the 1st big snow storm to try out the TBD!
>
> Stay tuned, or not.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-how bout an oil thread?
>
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