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Anyone know what torque should be used on the pans' bolts? I want to do the work on mine tomorrow and don't have a torque wrench yet

success!

I crawled underneath the van and poked about on the top of the gearbox looking for this breather thingy, at first I was looking on the transmission (as this is where the fault was) but eventually found what felt like a bolt sticking up on top of the final drive, it was so caked in crud it was hard to identify. took a good twist to turn it but it eventually came loose. topped up the ATF and took it for a spin around the block - job done.

I have attached a photo showing the location of the breather for future reference.

thanks for your help everyone.

81AirCooled wrote:Anyone know what torque should be used on the pans' bolts? I want to do the work on mine tomorrow and don't have a torque wrench yet

my vanagon manual says 20Nm (14ft lb)

thanks and congrats on getting yours sorted.

i'm having trouble getting the nut at the bottom of the filler tube undone, is this a normal anticlockwise turn?

All done and dusted. Everything working fine and level is ok, the ATF was a rusty brown so really needed doing. Only bad thing is I still have a leak from the gasket, nothing major though and it'll be fine if I keep checking ATF. Also changed the engine oil, strainer, and filter, what a mess that was, I forgot to run the engine beforehand so it was a black goo.

Next weekend it's time for the pushrod tube seals

glad you sorted it
glad i was right with the breather versus 20 years of mud and crud