Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 19:15:03 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Re: transmission diagnosis help
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Clutch may not be releasing or pilot bearing is trying to seize to input
shaft. Turn engine off. Can the gears be engaged without it running?
Place in 1st, start engine while in gear with clutch depressed. If van
starts to move then clutch or pilot bearing is the problem.
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Andrew Gies
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 11:51 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: transmission diagnosis help
Before I tow my Westy somewhere and pay for this service - I was hoping
the
list could help me out in determining whether my transmission is
toast...
Background: '86 Westy, 160k kilometres (100k miles), 4spd - and up till
now
- no transmission issues at all.
The situation:
Driving home from out of town yesterday - everything was going fine.
Van
was happily chugging along at 100 kmph - no worries.
I slow down and downshift into 3rd to take an on-ramp for an overpass.
Again no problems.
At the top of the on-ramp, I speed up and shift into 4th. Except the
transmission does not want to go into 4th, try to put it back into 3rd -
but
it doesn't want to go there either. I play around with it a bit, use
some
muscle - and eventually get it into 4th. Drives fine.
I am seriously worried at this point, but the van is driving fine - no
clanking and other weird noises. I drive home, avoiding a full stop the
entire way. I end the trip in 2nd.
Once at home, I try first and reverse. They engage, but when I try to
move
the van, both gears seem to grind, causing the van to shutter. At this
point, 3rd and 4th will NOT engage at all.
I am fully assuming a toast transmission at this point (as per my
earlier
post- looking for another trans...). I am up for suggestions on how to
fully diagnose the situation.
Thanks,
Andrew
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