Hi Mine survived to the ripe old age of 225K. I'm now at 330K with one out of a wrecking yard. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: Johnson, David R FOR:EX <David.Johnson@GEMS6.GOV.BC.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 3:06 PM Subject: Re: expected lifetime for transmission?
> 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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