Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 14:21:23 -0500
Reply-To: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@TAOS.MIDWEST.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@TAOS.MIDWEST.NET>
Subject: Re: rebuilt tranny slipping out of 4th gear
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Hi Susan,
This brings back some unpleasant memories of a type 091 transaxle
repair. I had your exact problem with an 091 from a 78 bus after I rebuilt
it. The bus bentley book doesn't cover the 091 however it is very similar
to the type 002 used until 76. I ended up installing the 3rd / 4th gear
syncro sleeve / shift hub backward and it pooped out of 4th gear at will.
I feel that bentley used the word chamfer in describing a grove and I felt
until then chamfer meant a beveled edge. I'm not sure what it means but
after reading the haynes book supplement on the 091 I knew I made a grave
error in interpreting what chamfer means. One good thing I kept telling
myself during the 2nd removal disassembly and reinstall at least I knew what
I did wrong. All has worked fine for the past 4 years and I have not
forgotten my lesson to check both the haynes and the bentley if in doubt.
Darrell Boehler
Makanda Illinois
Ps. Has anyone else ever noticed their spell checker wants to correct
transaxle to transsexual? I find this somewhat funny every time I use the
word transaxle. My pc is a complete ms software machine. Maybe I shouldn't
find this funny and it probably it is very incorrect to mention it but I
sort of grin every time it pops up on my screen so I have never added
transaxle to my spell checker word list.
-----Original Message-----
From: susan hafler <ceezuu@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, July 10, 1998 12:39 PM
Subject: rebuilt tranny slipping out of 4th gear
>listees,
>the saga we all thought was ending continues...the transmission i've
>been waiting to be rebuilt is now finished and back in the van, but my
>mechanic just called to say that during the test drive it slipped out of
>fourth gear several times. he said that if, while in 4th gear, he eased
>up on the gas and then applied gas again, it'd pop out of 4th. he's
>going to check the linkage and other external stuff this afternoon and
>if that doesn't fix it, he'll have to take the tranny out again and dive
>back into it.
>
>has anyone experienced this before with a rebuilt tranny? if so,
is---------------
>there anything i should tell my mechanic to look for?
>
>thanks, all.
>susan
>stuck in durham, nc, ending week 4 of the vacation that never was...
>
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