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• Re: Manual Tranny Oil
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:16:52 -0400
  ...did from cheap Kendall dino to Swepco 201 after consulting w/ "gears" & Daryl. Had to order the Swepco online unless you wanna get from...
• 5sp Transmission rebuild..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 7 May 2016 07:12:33 -0700
  ...My transmission was just beginning to show some minor wear on on the 2 gears on the shaft, but was still inconsequential. BTW, Matt...
• shifting problem with 89 Westy 4 speed
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 20:55:54 EST
  ...The gearshift felt like it was hitting an obstruction. I could resolve the problem by shifting into reverse or second, engaging the clutch only...
• Looking for parts/help
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Wed, 6 May 1998 17:08:04 -0600
  ...Gonna check out the pinion gears next and look for overheating, scoring, etc. Final drive has also started to whine a little. Any insight...
• instrument light
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:28:16 EDT
  took out the instrument cluster to work on the gears on the speedo and when i replaced it all the lights for night driving...
• slow auto shifting in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Fri, 8 Nov 2002 03:47:20 -0500
  ...I have noticed that as the weather gets colder the automatic transmission takes longer to go thru the gears finally shift into high. Is...
• Linkage or Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:58:37 -0700
  ...Is there a easy check for this? It wont shift and it doesn't feel at all that there are any gears there (linkage...
• Re: TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Magee
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:53:56 -0500
  ...TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears? The internals of the automatic Vanagon Transmission are the same as the internals of the A2 Golf/Jetta (1985...
• Cable shifter for Porsche trans?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 1 May 2006 20:08:42 +1200
  ...there are still problems with the gearshift setup. Do I need to find an unused MSDS shifter0-adaptor mechanism... or can I take another...
• Re: Gear whine causes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 12:59:55 -0400
  ...This trans is a factory rebuilt with approx 210k km on the gears and syncros, so is it possible the gears are worn and...
• Re: Odometer failed, any advice?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:01:27 -0800
  ...Incidentally, I bent up a little metal tab that I thought would keep the gears from slipping too far the wrong way and it...
• Re: 5 speed WBX transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 26 May 1998 20:29:53 -0700
  ...those fast shifter mechanisms that reduces the distance between shifting gears.Changing gears feels more like a Golf than a van since then. Having...
• Shifter problems - Will not shift in 1st, 3rd or 4th.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:06:19 -0700
  ...The problem started a couple of day ago when I fell a hard drag shifting in gears. Now its like there is not cluck...
• Shift linkage Q
  Historical mailing list - Chris Arnold
  Fri, 11 May 2001 00:28:36 -0500
  ...be expected at the ball and socket joint between the 'selector lever' and the 'gearshift lever'? -- Chris Arnold '87 Vanagon GL '97 Jetta GLS
• 1st gear shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Barry Armitage
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:41:22 EDT
  ...All the other gears are fine (I am using the low 1st gear to get rolling). I thought I remembered seeing this problem addressed...
• Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Joseph McNiff
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:56:44 -0700
  ...He says they take it out of the dash and take it to someone esle to fix one of the gears that is broke...
• Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sat, 24 May 2003 11:19:03 EDT
  ...There also is less power when under loads in 3rd and 4th gears...................................... any insight whatsoever will be greatly appreciated. TIA, Paul Rogers 85...
• Re: grinding speedo
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:18:21 -0700
  My speedo gears make noise. It started a couple of years ago when very cold and worked up to grinding always. I talked with...
• 5 speed question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:52:15 -0400
  Does the 5-speed , have the same trouble as the early 4 speeds with 4 & 3 gears. I am wanting to install a 5...
• Re: SUBIE VAN ENGINE FIRE...LISTER NEEDS HELP in PA
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:59:57 +1200
  >You won't have this >issue in a vanagon though, nobody is revving to 8 or 9 grand and >holding it through 3 gears...
• Re: regearing a manual trans
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 4 Sep 2015 18:20:30 -1000
  ...Two gears to play with. in this 5 speed...very nice with 3 gears in the 35 to top speed . I delived a guys...
• toy bus, disconnecting shift linkage for engine swap
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 15:43:47 -0700
  ...the 74 and vice versa...do i need to disconnect the gearshift lever when i take out the engine ??? i suppose for taking out...
• Transmission and clutch assessment
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:46:27 -0500
  ...I started off by connecting a battery to the starter in order to make sure the transmission worked smoothly in all gears. I was...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 08:37:23 -0700
  ...gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Completely nutz > > > > http://www.partshp.com/speedometer_gears.htm > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Jul 28, 2014, at 6:21...
• 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:39:16 -0800
  ...The extra gears comes in before 1st and is down low and left ,like going in to reverse on a beetle . I had a...
• Re: Hoo Boy! (Was: Corrado Powered Westy Syncro - For
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 96 22:26 CDT
  ...They utilize Ford spyder gears. Oh my. Think of it with a low transfer case and, like, 38" tires. No pumpkins, just CVs. Talk...
• Re: Diesel Westy Gearing Swaps- reply
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:51:45 -0400
  Hi, Has anyone taken the ratio of R&Pinion gears for gas vs. diesel trans and figured out what size tires would make for...
• what Transaxle will fit?
  Historical mailing list - Tintman
  Sun, 24 Sep 2000 16:45:14 -0500
  ...could i have the gears revearsed. IE porsche 914 transaxle 5 speed would it fit? But also bolt up to the engine. I want...
• speedo noise
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 02:41:01 EDT
  ...Can I beat this with some light lube to the gears in the speedo? Or could it be the cable? TIA Jeff 83.5...
• Clutch chatter when starting out...?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Adams
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:26:14 -0700
  ...The clutch feels fine the rest of the gears and the transmission feels fine too. When the van is cold and only one person...
• Re[2]: VANAGON TRANNY
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Jun 1997 17:33:22 -0400
  ...It slides into gear OK although it doesn't feel as smooth >as the >other gears. However, sometimes, at irregular intervals, it doesn't...
• Re: Shifting problem with 88 Westy (standard)
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:09:32 -0700
  ...Shift through all gears including reverse and see if they operate smoothly. If it is sticky getting it into first, loosen the clamp and...
• Why automatic 86 vanagon's differential failed
  Historical mailing list - dodge89
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:16:04 -0400
  ...The auto seems OK but the diff gears are worn very thin. The oil pan on the bottom of the diff is rusty and...
• Re: Intermittent engine miss
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 09:54:50 -0400
  ...Same in all gears, if anything worse in lower > gears. > Then it would catch and run smoothly for from 1 to about 30 seconds...
• Re: transmission toasted?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:45:43 -0400
  ...Do you get the "Bang Bang" in all gears? How many miles on the van, trans? Jack R. 84 Westy Wolfie, N. of Detroit...
• Manual Transmission Operation
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:36:57 -0500
  ...The instructor uses a full set of gears mounted so you can see all the action as he goes through it. It's not...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:11:32 -0400
  At 09:46 AM 3/26/2012, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >Hmmmm....... . Is a diabatic a person whose blood sugar turns to gas? No...
• Re: tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:03:17 -0400
  ...is provide the slightest fore-and-aft support -- that's for you to do by chocking the wheels, using brakes, gears etc. Yours, David
• Re: Shifter came unbolted from floor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:19:51 -0400
  ...The shift lever is still securely bolted to the linkage, but the nuts that secure the shift-lever housing and the lower gearshift mechanism...
• Re: EV shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Mera 773-3390
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 16:18:43 -0700
  On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Stanley, Roderick (strg) wrote: > I have a '93 EV MV in which I just lost all gears except 3rd...
• Re: shifting anomaly...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 4 Oct 2015 10:46:49 -0700
  ...shifting to other gears is smooth with no hiccup or grinding. From Neutral to 1st is smooth as butter but then getting out of...
• Value of damaged 094 5-speed
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:20:30 +1300
  What would the value of my 094 5-speed trans, from an 84, be worth? It has faulty 3rd & 4th gearsets and mainshaft needleroller...
• Re: Diesel ring and pinion changes with a 2.1L gas engine
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:32:12 -0500
  ...The taller gears are about 240 each, and the .77 gives you a 10% change in ratios, and the .70 is 20% taller. Much...
• Re: Diff btw '84 Jetta gas and diesel oil pumps?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 17:54:37 -0500
  ...The only difference in the pumps was the height of the oil pump gears and housing. The 1.8L gas engine had taller oil...
• Re: Transaxle - Movement of Gear Shifter Normal?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 24 May 2001 16:42:13 -0700
  ...Lastly, the engine cum transaxle moves around quite a bit > from on-throttle to trailing-throttle. > > I, too, had noticeable shifting of the gearshift...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 08:33:54 -0700
  ...gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Completely nutz > > > > http://www.partshp.com/speedometer_gears.htm > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Jul 28, 2014, at 6:21...
• Re: Transmission Options
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:56:34 +1200
  ...The >somewhat cumbersome location of 1st gear in this shift pattern makes >them not for everyone but the close range 3/4/5 gears...
• Re: Battery light on in park or neutral
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Mar 2022 16:44:58 -0600
  ...It's off in any drive gears. > >>>>> > >>>>> Any idea about why this is happening? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>> >
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:35:48 -0400
  On 3/25/2012 1:20 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > direct questions to Frank at JPL :) I probably shouldn't have pointed directly at...
• Re: T-3 Transaxle Needed: 82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 20:38:45 -0500
  ...Need taller gears! Help. -- ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Shalom Mark B. Magee 82 Diesel Westy 87GL 96 Suzuki 4WD Sport Kemah TX USA John 14:6
• Re: Here's one to rack your brains
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Wed, 10 May 2000 17:14:43 -0700
  ...OK, so I did get taller gears from from KCR in socal. 4.57 final .77 fourth gear, 1.217 third :-) I figure I...
• Re: Where are my gears?-O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:21:46 -0500
  ...Where are my gears? Latest update. After a private consult in beautiful Sebastian FL with Dr Haynes yesterday, I have discovered my little nylon...
• Re: Intermittent engine miss
  Historical mailing list - David McCallum
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 13:17:36 -0600
  ...Same in all gears, if anything worse in lower > gears. > > Then it would catch and run smoothly for from 1 to about 30 seconds...
• 1981 091 Tranny repair made simple (?)
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 10:15:33 -0600 (MDT)
  ...After moving the gearshift/linkage around a bit you now have NO shifting capability, here's the fix that can be performed by almost...
• Re: Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 18:47:12 -0800
  ...It seems the backup lights blink on while > shifting gears and will remain on when in 3rd or 4th gear if I pull > gently...
• Re: Manual tranny whine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 13 Apr 2019 16:25:38 -0400
  ...Fix right away or have to buy new expensive ring and pinion gears. Similar but maybe not as expensive otherwise. Yrs, d On Sat...
• Redline MT90
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:54:03 -0500
  ...and slipperyness as MT 90 but offering more stickability to the gears so the oil stays between the gear teeth better, reducing wear. But...
• GTI Motor into Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 17:02:30 -0500
  ...Has anyone done this? Do differential gears have to be changed? Any mods to engine compartment. I was told no mods at all and...
• Re: engine swaps (long)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 08:58:25 -0600
  ...BTDT. (w/ 3.89 > gears & posi!) > Actually, Kennedy rates the Corvair as a two for strength on a scale of ten, the Vanagon transaxle...
• Re: mile counter
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 19 May 2001 01:53:54 EDT
  ...The gears that drive the odometer (counter) pops or cracks off. It is repairable by most handy persons or by a speedo repair shop...