My transmission just failed. The fourth gear shift hub, I was told. I had 106000 miles. Just my experience, for what its worth David Johnson 84 Westy
> ---------- > From: Dan Resler[SMTP:resler@LIBERTY.MAS.VCU.EDU] > Reply To: Dan Resler > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 12:03 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: expected lifetime for transmission? > > What should one expect the lifetime of a Vanagon manual transmission > to be? I know it varies according to ones driving habits, terrain, > etc., but *roughly*, how long? I've got an '87 Westy with 112,000 > miles and the manual transmission is gone; should I be surprised? > > dan > -- > Dan Resler email: dresler@vcu.edu > Dept. of Mathematical Sciences > Virginia Commonwealth University > Richmond, VA 23284-2014 USA > |
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