Date:         Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:27:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: Suddenly nothing
Comments: To: Hector Zapata <hlzapata@GMAIL.COM>
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CV joint?  Hub splines?

Karl Wolz



|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of Hector Zapata
|Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 2:49 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Suddenly nothing
|
|>
|> My experience with this problem was that the AT pump has either
|> failed, or something hapenned to the shaft that drives it. If the
|> torque converter has failed, no pump, no pressure, no drive on any
|> gear. You need to lower the AT's pan and check for metal
|> shavings/chunks, and if that's the case, it ain't good. I
|replaced my
|> AT with a used one more than six years ago because it kept
|on failing
|> repair after repair, hasn't failed me yet. The carcass is still
|> around, in case I need parts in a hopefully distant future.
|BTW, the axles knock when they're loose... BTDT.
|>
|
|Hector
|1990 Carat 'Ursula'
|Not running as it should...
|
|
|
|>
|> HotelWestfalia wrote:
|>
|>> As I was driving my '85 A/T camper, suddenly it stopped pulling in
|>> any gear.  I have never heard of such thing.  Looked at the torque
|>> converter and  it was running with the engine.  Checked the ATF and
|>> it was nice and pink and full.  Checked the linkages under the car
|>> and did not see anything amiss.
|>>
|>> Now, I'm wondering what it can be suddenly.  There was no
|funny noise
|>> before it happened.
|>>
|>> Any great advice?
|>>
|>> Zoltan
|>>
|>>
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