Hello all, Things are still crazy with my new job (oh--I got a new job, everybody), but I've managed to make some progress getting Kalypso back together. My dealer seems very willing to work with me to get him fixed (although they wouldn't lower the $2495.00 price tag for repair, they'll put in whatever tranny I give them for $350 total labor, including all they've done so far). Maybe I should've taken the tranny out myself, but I'm not as adventurous as I used to be with VWs. Thanks for all your suggestions and encouragement (Joel, Jim Ferree, Tim Schlaile, John Anderson, Tim McDermott, John Sharpe, and more!). Your support really helped. On a tip from John Sharpe, I found a rebuilt transmission from Kenny Miller VW near Kutztown, PA (he's getting it from CA), with 2 yr. warranty. It's still a pretty penny, but if I'm going to keep this van forever, I might as well do the best I can afford (even if I can't _really_ afford it. Oh well...mac and cheese for the next few months...). The big mistake I made with the old transmission was to keep driving after the shifting problem began. It's possible that I turned a thousand dollar problem into much more. However--get this--the transmission that broke in my '87 van was actually an '81 transmission! There may have been more here than meets the eye, since it never did shift very well. I went to Kutztown yesterday, and brought it back to the dealer this morning. If all goes extremely well, I'll be back in the Type II zenlike driving state by tonight!!!! Thanks, Dave
dlm202@psu.edu David J. Mancuso '87 Vanagon, Kalypso (11th in a series of fine VWs) '89 Jetta The other nine? '73 VW 412 '71 Super Beetle '67 Fastback '77 Rabbit '73 VW 412 (another one, after the first one was totaled) '85 Golf '81 Dasher '74 Westy (Ulysses) '76 Westy (Hal)
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