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• Jetta 92 problem
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Wed, 12 May 2004 20:10:15 -0400
  ...I can't shift in reverse. Any clue on the cause of the problem? Best regards.
• Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder replaced Finally!!! - One other question though.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:39:16 -0400
  The grinding into reverse until shutting off the engine means the clutch is not fully releasing. Something is still wrong. It may just be...
• Re: f/ tv worth watching
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Fri, 1 Sep 1995 21:50:29 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The guy was having a lot of trouble finding reverse (nice shot of a '70's style plaid interior, wood-rimmed steering wheel with...
• Re: Crazy BRIGHT(!!) reverse lights
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:01:03 -0400
  ...it keeps the backup/fog light from > coming on automatically when in reverse during daylight). > > anyway, this REALLY lights up the woods/night .. just...
• Transaxle problem 88 Vanagon automatic
  Historical mailing list - Mark Whitters
  Sun, 27 May 2001 15:01:18 -0700
  ...When I returned form a 2 hr drive yesterday I am experiencing a problem when I put the van in reverse. There is resistance...
• Re: Sliding door handle screw
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:08:34 -0800
  ...Mark Kk Al wrote: > Quick question. > Any chance this interior sliding door handle screw is reverse threaded on > an 87 Syncro? The screw head...
• Re: Alloy question, was Re: Carat/Wolfsburg Alloy Wheel Studs and Nuts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 01:11:38 -0500
  Did I make a mistake and reverse the front/rear stud location for the 2wd? On the 2wd, do the front wheels take studs...
• Re: Electrical gremlin dash brake light
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:10:42 -0400
  ...Then the wires going to horn could be reversed. I’m tempted to start investigation tomorrow by undoing those wires and seeing if the...
• Re: Stick jumps to left ...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 10 May 2014 12:59:27 -1000
  ...including the push-down to access reverse feature. normally one would be eyeballing under there once or twice a year.. and always spray lube...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:51:57 -0700
  ...if the pair of >> wires in >> > the large white plastic connector (at the 2 prongs post) are reversed, >> the >> > van cranks but won't...
• Re: Roll starting a Vanagon (manual trans only)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:31:24 EDT
  ...I usually push start forward in 3rd but I just thought the reverse starting worked good so I would share it with the list...
• Re: PILOT BEARING GONE BAD?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:06:17 -0700
  ...Anybody know where I can get one? > > I can get it in 1st and 2nd and reverse only. Very hard to get it back...
• "clacka" noise @ rear right wheel area
  Historical mailing list - Tony
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 22:54:40 -0700
  ...when accelerating...does it also in reverse....dies out when u let off the gas....it was around for 2 days and then 'presto...
• Re: Linkage
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:49:58 -0700
  ...Linkage > Hi, > > As I was pushing down on the stick shift on my '84 Camper to get into > reverse the spring mechanism seemed to...
• Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:22:08 -0500
  ...distilled water & wbx reliabilty > > > > At 02:53 AM 2/18/2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > > >Reverse osmosis? Osmosis is osmosis; there's no such thing...
• Gear lever hits dash
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Fri, 23 May 1997 20:37:14 +0200
  I tried a 112hp doublecab pickup today, the gearshift felt very strange = in 2nd and 4th gear the shift knob touched the dashbord, reverse...
• Re: SYNCRO QUESTION?)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 13:05:19 EDT
  In a message dated 9/8/98 3:53:34 PM, VolksMD@AOL.COM writes: > When I >turn sharp in Reverse I here what...
• Re: Limited Vanagon content: using reverse running transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:12:39 +0100
  Hello, On the Audi 5000 you can't swap the diff' to its opposite position, the bellhousing shape does not allow this. What do...
• Found a part someone was needing
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 08:54:31 -0500
  Someone on the list was looking for the reverse light switch that screws into the 4 speed Vanagon tranny, if you are still out...
• Re: Both Batteries Failed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:05:58 -0400
  ...Is there a way to tell if the battery (polarity) was reversed? For example what would I see if I attached a charger to...
• Re: Canada brokerage fees
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:24:16 -0400
  The reverse side is also true. However, in the case of one Canadian vendor I bought from, they DID mention the brokerage fees, and...
• SyncroBeast - she runs - the reason why
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:56:08 -0500
  ...Yep, I got #1 and #2 plugs reversed, hence the poor running and backfiring. With the two plugs reversed and no alternator to run...
• 87 Westy 2WD -- only reverse gear in automatic transmission works
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:20:28 -0800
  ...It's in lovely shape but only reverse gear works. There is no forward motion in any of 1, 2 or D, though with...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 31 May 2001 23:25:19 -1000
  ...from a dead stop into first or reverse... chattered like crazy... drove me nuts. Removed the center shaft (syncro only) and it got worse...
• Re: Shifting when hot
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:44:38 -0400
  ...When the engine (whole vehicle) is > cold, I have no problem shifting in to first or reverse. However as > the temperatures climb (mid 30...
• Idling / Oil Pressure Warning Light -'88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - 406 Westy
  Tue, 6 Jul 2021 16:18:18 -0600
  ...Typically when this happens, it's as I'm backing up, but today it died immediately upon engaging reverse. -Once it's been on...
• Re: fog light question
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:36:39 -0400
  ...Since you opened your request about almost baking into a boulder, I am going to assume you are looking for a reverse light and...
• Re: ...simply reverse the procedure to reassemble...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:07:03 -0700
  Nicely organized Angus. Got the wood stove in the workshop so you can spend happy warm hours putting it all back together? Alistair > On...
• interference with braking (on radio)
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:15:32 -0600
  ...BTW- we have no operating reverse lights due to errors with trans. linkage/shifting flickering. Ideas?
• Clunk while shifting to high gear
  Historical mailing list - Route87
  Sat, 18 Apr 1998 21:29:51 EDT
  ...and once in awhile from 2 to 1 it'll grind; and sometimes into reverse. what dya think guys?
• automatic transmission problem
  Historical mailing list - HS
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:56:57 -0700
  ...when i start the van and put it in reverse, I have to really rev ang 1st it to get the van to move...
• Re: westy on Seattle (Olympia) CL - something different?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:24:18 -0700
  Nope...just from the land of reversed images. Angus On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Andrew Martin <campahvan@earthlink.net>wrote...
• Re: Duh! What gear we in?
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:48:59 -0700
  ...No Reverse? >> I give it a few more tries and mutter under my breath 'why me lord'? >> I know this van is going to...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:15:33 -0500
  ...If you use the 4 speed shifter then the reverse lockout guide >> > blocks 1st so you have to go down before you go left...
• Re: Front Seat Reversal
  Historical mailing list - brady horrace
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:32:58 -0700
  ...That's the only thing that I think would stop it from going on the slide rails in reverse. Of course if its a...
• Re: Manual shifting very difficult.
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:04:19 -1000
  ...In that case it > locked in reverse and refused to disengage. Don't think this is IN the > transmission, but need encouragement! > > John > On...
• re: No reverse Gear
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Sep 1994 11:09:46 EDT
  / BUT on a more immediate and serious note. /Reverse is no longer one of my gear choices in my 73 bus. I'm assuming...
• Re: Leslie's tumbling rock noise
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sat, 25 Jul 1998 03:07:17 EDT
  ...It is especially noticable in first gear and reverse. >> To which Larry Hamm replied: // Probably the throwout bearing (release bearing), but it wouldn't...
• Re: Shift Linkage Help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 17 May 1999 13:37:35 -0700
  ...from > below, but I believe Matthew is speaking of the ball/reverse lokout > arrangement which is the fulcrum for the shift lever and is...
• Re: Manual alignment problem.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:03:16 -0700
  ...Eventually located it over toward reverse having to push the shifter down - second is directly below first and reverse slightly further to the left...
• 85 GL dead at end of driveway - can we tow it in reverse?
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 09:41:21 -0800
  ...IF I put it in neutral, can we tow it up the driveway with our truck (it will be towing in reverse)? Or will...
• Re: [Syncro] new brakes grind in tight turns when backing up
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:21:28 -0700
  ...Everything is fine, except > > when I make a tight turn in reverse. Then the brakes grind on both sides. > > I can't figure out...
• Stall during idle
  Historical mailing list - william landsman
  Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:18:20 -0800
  ...If I put the van in reverse out of a parking spot and when I go to shift to drive, it cuts out. To...
• Re: bemused by wiring
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 22:34:06 -0500
  ...When I use the right turn signal, the reverse lights flash along with the turn signal. This doesn't happen when I use the...
• Re: Reverse Gear in Syncro
  Historical mailing list - NotaJeep
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:07:49 EST
  The lines are switched yes the light shows "engaged"...the lock up may be nothing more than mis-matched tires....I hade one syncro...
• Re: Blinking Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 01:46:06 +0100
  Jason wrote: > Is it possible > to put the 2 leads going to the switch on backwards That doesnt matter. > or do I need to...
• Backup light switch...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:42:26 EST
  My backup lights flick on and and stay off when I shift the auto stick lever to Reverse. Looks like the backup switch is...
• Transmission Problem
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 22:01:17 EDT
  ...It operates well in reverse gear. Is there a set of circumstances regarding a failure of the torque converter which would allow this to...
• Re: women and standard gearbox
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:43:18 -0500
  ...I've been leaving all my manual vehicles in 1st or reverse when parked and have been doing so without problems since the mid...
• Re: Transmission issue
  Historical mailing list - Arlene Sondergaard
  Wed, 13 May 2015 08:19:08 -0700
  ...When I leave from work 8 hours later, I put her in reverse to pull straight out of my parking space-she stalls or...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 19:05:04 -0500
  ...http://www.littlediode.com/components/TCA700Y_Integrated_Circuit.html > The replacement has the >order of the legs reversed so it must be installed upside...
• Re: Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:16:15 -0800
  ...I > know that when I don't muscle my Vanagon into reverse hard, the reverse > light won't come on, but to my knowledge...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:56:44 -0700
  thanks Stuart, We thought that we reversed the wires ... but no... if the pair of wires in the large white plastic connector (at the...
• Re: CV Joint Question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:06:52 -0500
  ...You're trying to reverse the direction of force on the joint, so > it's the other side of the groove which takes the...
• Re: Piston slap update
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 95 15:05:10 PDT
  ...He had them reversed. The bug suffered poor performance after the rebuild and a strange noise like piston slaping noise. I had another mechanic...
• Throttle Valve Switch Problems
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Sun, 5 Jan 2003 12:45:00 -0600
  ...Can you look at your car and tell me if I have them reversed? Unfortunately, the wires are all a uniform "cream" color, so...
• Re: New backup lights keep blowing the fuse !~~
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 04:33:48 EDT
  Tim, Why can't he just unplug the back-up light switch, turn on the ignition w/ the tranny in reverse, plug the switch...
• Re: drilling through sheet metal?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 14 May 2004 16:20:58 EDT
  ...Are there any special techniques? >> Stop running it in reverse. George
• Re: Front four ways working, rear four ways dead
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:10:07 -0400
  ...But other normal functions (brake lights, reverse lights, taillights) are working in back. Any ideas where to start? Bulbs, relay, or wiring? Is there...
• Re: HELP needed: Converting to Auto Trans... need neutral switch wiring
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:32:23 -0700
  On 9/5/06, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > > Both the neutral safety and reverse light switch is in the console. There > is...