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• Manual tranny shift
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Mar 2016 21:57:09 -0600
  Kudos has to go to Scott Lahey for his "how-to" on fixing my shifting problem. Printed the email, gave it to the mechanic...
• Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:59:02 +0000
  ...I've started a winter project of rebuilding the shifter linkage, from the shifter to the transmission. This will be the second time I...
• Re: Sudden Shifting Difficultys
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:45:28 -0700
  ...Sudden Shifting Difficultys > Shifting into 1st takes alot of muscle unless i give > the clutch 3 fast pumps. 2nd and 3rd can be tough...
• Re: Manual shifting very difficult.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 06:24:33 -0600
  ...Manual shifting very difficult. > > Can't shift readily. Hangs in gear, can't shift, or can't get it in gear at > all. Reverse...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 11:16:11 -0700
  There may be differences at the shift box where shift plate mounts. Not sure if, or how, this affects the shift plate itself. Neil...
• Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:48:44 -0600
  ...clutch master cylinder was going back and allowing air into the line and the condition (not shifting) would reappear sooner or later. Bob
• Re: shift lever adjustment (why?)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shane
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:27:50 -0400
  Can someone please explain to my sub-simian mind why this would make shifting into first easier? I'm sure there are many manual...
• Shifting when hot
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:44:40 -0400
  ...One of them is (once again) a shifting problem. When the engine (whole vehicle) is cold, I have no problem shifting in to first...
• Re: Was: Tranny Repaired!!! Now: Shifter PM
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:36:50 -0500
  ...No when the Vanagon left the factory the > shifting was smooth and felt good. If you shifting is vague and stiff > then you have...
• shift linkage concept question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 04:41:05 -0800
  Hi All, rebuilt 4spd tranny in, trouble shifting into 2,4 without having done more than unbolt and rebuilt linkage at trannyand replacing the...
• Re: replacing shift ball and cup, and where best to find one
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 1 Sep 2013 17:18:32 -0700
  ...I've written to ask where the shift lever (with ball) was > manufactured since they didn't mention that it's German. Do you...
• Re: 89' GL 1st gear problem
  Historical mailing list - Rian mullins
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:35:02 CDT
  I had a similar problem on my 88 Wolfsburg for a long time; ' just had the bushings replaced (gear shift bushings?) and the problem...
• Re: Gene Berg Short shift/extension kit
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 17:29:12 +0100
  >The shift pattern is different on a Syncro, isn't it? (because of the 5th >"G-gear") Yes, it is. However, I don't...
• Frankenshifter
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:29:58 -0500
  ...You may recall that I'm my trouble is that the shifter is sloppy and that the reverse lockout does not work (shifter pops...
• Re: shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 02:37:26 -0600
  You don't happen to hve part #'s because when I installed a berg shifter I noticed that the plastic parts were cracked and...
• Re: My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd gear
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 20:53:36 -0500
  ...My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd gear My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd on occasion-likes to grind in for a half...
• Short Shifter Info ?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:41:37 EST
  Hi List, Can anyone forward me the info on the short shifter group purchase? Thanks, John C. SLC, UT JCarp2001@aol.com [text/html]
• Re: berg shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 08:25:58 -0800
  I'm in for one Berg Shift Kit, if it will work on a Syncro. -Steven Dodson Kneeland, CA "Inga" the 87 Syncro
• Cable shifter for Porsche trans?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 1 May 2006 20:10:22 +1200
  Heck, being cable-operated, the shifter unit could be mounted on rails so that it could be adjusted forward & back, up & down!!
• Re: Growling into reverse
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 3 Jun 2003 23:48:57 EDT
  ...I ususally follow dennis' advice and from neutrel, depress the clutch, shift into 2nd gear and keeping the clutch depressed shift into reverse. This...
• Re: Solenoid-operated manual shifter?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 07:46:45 -0800
  ...It also gives control over how much "throw" at the front it takes to move the shift levers by sizing the area ratios of...
• Re: Shift Components - Replace or not...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 6 May 2010 10:44:59 -0400
  Jim, I would replace the plastic ball on the shift lever and the bushing that is nearby as well. I have all of these...
• Re: No Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:45:12 -0700
  Try "jiggling" gear shift around Park and Neutral while turning key to start. keep foot on brake just in case. You can also remove...
• 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...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:57:43 -1000
  ...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the >>> front >>> shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
• Shift Linkage Help
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Mon, 17 May 1999 11:07:45 -0700
  Howdy there, My stick-shift lever is about 3" lower than it was before my sister borrowed it, and reverse is very easy to...
• Adjusting linkage problem
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 22:05:16 EDT
  ...Briefly, I removed the box covering the underside of the shifter(below the floor.) I had hoped to clean out layers of grease but...
• Berg Short shift kit install
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 14:58:44 -0700
  While ordering the new rebuilt tranny from Weddle's, I had him throw a short shift kit in the package to avoid Berg's...
• Re: RoadHaus - Front AC Kit Install / Final Report
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 19:36:26 -0600
  ...The Standard shift radio setup was just an add on panel (box) front of the shifter, screwed to the vent and the floor pan...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:24:12 -0600
  ...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the >>> front >>> shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
• '80 Vanagon tranny questions
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 03 Jan 1996 10:18:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...The shift rod itself, flops around fairly loosely on the heavy rod, tho shifting still feels pretty good (for a VW-- this is my...
• Re: Finally got new Air Cooled/Diesel Center Shifter Bushings in stock!
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:37:13 -0500
  Can someone define "vague shifting" or perhaps let me know if this will help with the shifting problem that just starting surfacing on my...
• Stuck shifter ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Monte Davrill
  Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:07:01 -0700
  The shifter on my '86 is not cooperating. It doesn't want to go into any gear with or without the engine on or...
• Re: rought shifting
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:44:47 -0800
  I wholeheartedly concur ...MT 90 generally cures the cold hard shift syndrome...extra added benefit...makes you change that old crummy tranny oil & make...
• Re: Balky shift question
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 11:04:12 -0600
  Entity Jim Felder spoke thus: > My shifter (90 vanagon) has lately started to balk going into first. I > can hear a dry rubbing under...
• Re: Gear shifter knob thread and pitch question? (link for pics)
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:32:04 -0700
  Knob thread on the shifter I removed from my '80 is M12 x 1.5 Regards, Vern
• Re: Berg short shift kit..
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:04:49 +1100
  While I'm the first to admit this is not conclusive proof that the short shift kit does not negatively affect the gearbox in...
• shifting probs. into 3rd & 4th pls help
  Historical mailing list - bbutler
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:18:13 -0700
  ...An interesting symptom is when I am parked in neutral (with engine running) and I feather the shift lever towards 3rd or 4th gear...
• Re: shifting- repost
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:51:35 -0700
  ...the 80 to 82 style shift linkage ........isn't that great anyway, though I have seen some that shifted just perfect. yes, things wear...
• Re: tough shifting... pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 21:09:51 -0500
  Jamie -- Your thoughts on the shift linkage are right on in my experience. Not that they're certainly the cause, but for the labor...
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:00:05 -0400
  O.k. - I'll try shifting it back and see if that solves the problem. Thanks! Mark On 10/11/05, jimt <camper@tactical...
• Re: Help, 85 shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 12:40:22 -0400 (EDT)
  ...With the clutch pedal to the floor you could > shift into 1st-4th, but it would grap within the first inch of pedal > movement...
• Re: Shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 04:46:46 -0400
  Otmar Ebenhoech wrote: > > >I have also been having problems shifting into 1st gear. > >It isn't too much of a problem until I drive...
• Re: stick shift question.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:50:43 -0700
  You broke one of the plastic parts under the shift lever. Probably difficult to get into reverse, too. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "chuck...
• Re: Slipping Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 18:15:34 -0500
  ...Eric Spletzer wrote: > > The latter - I move the shifter into plce and then 3 or so seconds later it > grabs the gear. > > On 8...
• Re: Trans upshift
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 May 2011 17:16:11 -0700
  ...he'd shift manually, and sees the same behavior when the trans shifts from 2nd to 3rd, what determines those shift points if not...
• 88 Vanagon autotrans shifter problem
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:15:25 -0500
  ...The 'detents' being those items that keep you from shifting unless you depress the button on the side of the shift lever cap. This...
• Shifter lube and adjustment
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:00:16 -0500
  Volks, I will shortly replace the plastic shifter parts for the shifter stick up front on my manual tranny 88 GL. I've heard...
• Re: 87 Westy Syncro clutch sticking--is it fixed??
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:13:55 -0400
  the first problem was either just a jamed shifter linkage (maybe bushing pushed out of place) Or air in the slave cylinder preventing the...
• Re: Stick jumps to left ...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 9 May 2014 20:38:31 -1000
  what can happen is the white plastic balls at the base of the shifter wear.. allowing the shift lever to sit lower then it...
• Berg Shifter TOP
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:23:27 -0800
  The theory of operation of the Berg shifter shortener is pretty simple. They move the fulcrum of the lever to shiftrod by elevating the...
• FW: Wanted: Syncro tranny shift boot
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:14:15 -0500
  I, too, need the syncro shift boot. Checked Bus-boys, checked Vanagin, checked Bus Depot with no luck. Is this a dealer-only type...
• Re: Shifter extension
  Historical mailing list - caryccc
  Fri, 30 May 2003 19:31:35 -0500
  ...Shifter extension > whoa! > > are you saying that VAG made a design mistake in the Vanagon? > > :) > > "thees moost be inkorrect, in Germany vee haf keine...
• Re: Berg Short shift kit install
  Historical mailing list - Timothy J. Hannink
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 16:19:59 -0400
  ...Berg Short shift kit install While ordering the new rebuilt tranny from Weddle's, I had him throw a short shift kit in the...
• Re: Short shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 08:29:59 -0700
  ...Gene Berg recommends both the short shift kit and a shift extension be installed at the same time. The net result are throws about...
• Re: Motor swaps-->shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, David R FOR:EX
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:41:48 -0800
  I picked up a short shift kit for my 84 westy from Gene Berg in Orange California. It was only 20-25 dollars. I...
• My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd gear
  Historical mailing list - gary
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:28:50 -0500
  My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd on occasion-likes to grind in for a half a second (shifting at a low idle drive...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 18:31:58 -0700
  Jon, that's what I was trying to do when I shortened the overall shift rod: I loosened the pinch clamp and pushed the...
• berg short shift kit for sale
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 08:51:45 -0500
  I got my Berg short shift kit for my '81 westfalia in the mail from our group purchase the other day. I installed it...
• Re: best mod for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Brett Baer
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:59:13 -0600
  Do you have to push the shifter downwards and then towards the front of the van to go from 1st to Reverse? >George, can...