In a message dated 96-06-13 10:03:06 EDT, kersey@bga.com writes: >Has anyone serviced a Vanagon automatic transmission? I expect that it is a >matter of draining by dropping the pan, cleaning the screen, replacing the >gasket and pan and refilling with trans fluid. > >Any gotcha's from someone that has done this? I did this a while back and it's just as you describe. I did replace the screen also. My ATF had not been changed in a long while and I wanted to change as much of it as possible. Since a significant ammount of ATF remains in the trans during this procedure, I elected to change much of the ATF before the procedure. What I did was use a plastic lube oil pump and snaked plastic tubing down the dipstick tube and pump out 1 quart. Then add 1 quart. We'd drive it for another week or three and replace another quart. I think I replaced about 6 quarts this way. I recall calculating that I was able to replace about 95% of the old ATF after the screen & gasket change with new ATF. If I recall correctly, a typical change only replaces about 60% of the ATF. If yours hasn't been serviced regularly, you might want to to the same. Remember to do any of this work in the most clean conditions possible - ATs are very suseptible to even small amounts of dirt or even lint. Good luck, Jim Davis 87 GL Syncro 88 GL Wolfsburg
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