Date:         Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:23:17 -0500
Reply-To:     "Henry C. Luhrs" <Henry.Luhrs@NMR.BRUKER.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Henry C. Luhrs" <Henry.Luhrs@NMR.BRUKER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Is my Syncro box about to blow
Comments: To: Andreas <anjar@ONLINE.NO>, anjar@ONLINE.NO, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger>Hi Andreas,

Just as another data point, My 87 Vanagon Syncro has about 175,000 miles on
it and the trans is just beginning to whine a bit. I think that the expected
lifetime seems to be between 150,000 and 250,000 till it needs a rebuild. You
can probably get more miles if you don't regularly load up the van heavily or if
you change the trans oil a bit more frequently. (I have never changed mine, so
I guess I deserve to be near the bottom of the life expectancy).

Anyone know of a good transmission rebuilder in the New England area?


Henry Luhrs


87 Vanagon Syncro

78 Bus


On 26 Nov 98, at 8:49, Andreas wrote:


<smaller>Hi all, I read with some concern that when my gearbox gets to about 140k it WILL
blow. My 87 Syncro has 188k km on its original transmission, Id be interested to hear
from anyone who has got significantly more mileage out of their gearboxes, then
maybe I can sleep again at night!  Dave Perry  1987 Syncro bus<bigger>