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Date:         Sun, 5 Sep 1999 19:59:24 -0500
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      An answer: adding auto trannie fluid - where's the hole?
Comments: To: Bob Berkemer <berky@win.bright.net>
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Hi Volks:


A fellow listee (Bob Berkemer) suggested the following maintenance task in a
p-mail - and I am posting it with his permission:




>
>Check the level of the gear oil in your differential. Often overlooked in
>automatic vanagons. When I bought mine used from a VW dealer it was
>empty.........
>Fill to level of hole. A bit messy if you over fill and the gear oil stinks
>but its a cheap maintenance procedure and important.


Remember the 80-90 weight gear oil is for the
differential.... the part of the tranny with the axles coming out. Putting
gear
oil in the automatic would NOT be a "value added activity"!!


Marshall Ruskin
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