afn18258@AFN.ORG (otherwise known as Rik) writes: << 1) my van is starting to get a little too comfortable with 4th gear. meaning, once i shift into fourth, she doesn't want to come out and I've got to do a little bit of the one-two to get it into neutral. >> Could possibly be the dreaded cracking of the 3rd/4th gear hub syndrome. That description sounds fairly characteristic of when it begins to fail. I'd go ahead with the GL4 rated synthetic gear oil change that you have planned for this weekend. If it works-then great! Cheap fix! If it doesn't then you are no worse off than before. (Trans time) -Todd Hill VolksWerks Transaxles Olympia, WA |
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