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• Re: Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:22:19 -0800
  ...I figure I reinstalled it angled down which lowered box on end of shift rod away from the shift lever. I assume this effectively...
• Re: Berg Shifter TOP
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:37:37 -0800
  Its a reuseable glide slide type tooling to drill new hole for the spring lock on the shift lever. Joe -----Original Message----- From: Tom...
• Re: pre 83 manual shifting, substandard or unrelable?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:11:02 -0700
  I have an 81' AC and it shifts fine. Bear in mind that aside from clutch componenents, and assuming engine runs well, there's...
• Re: noisy shifting
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:20:59 -0800
  ...Have you gone under yourself with the box in neutral (Handbrake and blocks!) and shifted it by grabbing the thing in your hand? It...
• Re: EV shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Mera 773-3390
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 16:18:43 -0700
  ...The > shifter went completely "limp" or very sloppy. I suspected problems with > the linkage. Sure enough a $1.75 nylon bushing on top of...
• Re: Shift linkage troubles
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:05:18 -0800
  ...I am having trouble with the shift linkage > on my 81 Westy. The shift rod keeps coming off of the > guide pin on the...
• Re: very mysterious tranny problem...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:50:13 EDT
  In a message dated 10/10/2003 6:48:37 PM EST, wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU writes: << On a possibly unrelated note, the shifter...
• Re: floppy clutch, unable to shift when the engine is on
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:24:14 -0700
  ...So my 82 L has gone from squeaking when shifting to having a > floppy > clutch and not shifting at all when the engine is...
• syncro - shift linkage protective pipe
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:32:56 -0700
  ...How common is it to have the protective pipe installed in the shift linkage assembly? My van does not have it, and to tell...
• Let's talk 1991 Syncro shift linkage.
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:21:48 -0600
  ...First, I found a strange piece of plastic "floating" in the middle of my shift linkage. It was black plastic sitting just outside the...
• Need Help with Syncro 5-speed Shifter Bushings
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:34:16 EST
  ...He is working on a 5-speed syncro and some of the plastic bushings in the shifter box (the metal box right below the...
• Re: Shifting issue
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:36:58 -0400
  ...I can shift through all >the gears forward and back except for 4th. Once I go from 3rd to 4th it >doesn't want...
• Shifter Kit for SALE
  Historical mailing list - Frank
  Mon, 1 May 2006 21:59:53 -0700
  I have a NEW, still in the original packing Shifter Kit to rebuild the manual shifter on an 86-91 Vanagon. I originally purchased...
• Part needed-Selector lever
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Jan 2011 21:26:40 -0500
  I need a vanagon shifter part, called the selector lever, part # 251711973. Anybody have one? Will take complete rear shift rod if needed. Thank...
• shifter boot part #
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:04:26 -0500
  Hey all, I need the part number for the shifter boot for an 84 manual tranny. Any help out there/ Thanks in Advance. Brien...
• Re: Syncro shifter rattle
  Historical mailing list - Tim King
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:49:02 -0700
  ...If I understand it > correctly, the shift lever and shift rod form an inverted "T" at the > connection, and when the shift lever is...
• Re: For auto trans owners only
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 3 Nov 2013 11:57:37 -0800
  I think it's very important to have the shift console lights working, since it's not that hard to be going alone nicely...
• Re: vanagon shifter bound???
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:49:03 -0600
  Yeah, but my polygraph skills are a little rusty!! DM&FSAt 09:31 PM 2/27/2006, vw4x4 wrote: >Max Wellhouse wrote: > >>My shifter...
• Re: Syncro shifter rattle
  Historical mailing list - Marc Theune
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:53:17 -0400
  Hi Tim, I just rebuilt the entire shifter mechanism on my 85 Vanagon last night so maybe I can point you to a couple...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Mon, 3 May 2010 16:56:25 -0700
  Just curious if this is the prevailing wisdom - I've got torn boots on both sides of the rear shifter linkage, plus a torn...
• Re: shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 04:26:35 -0500
  > You don't happen to hve part #'s because when I installed a berg shifter I > noticed that the plastic parts were cracked and...
• shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Pat Collins
  Thu, 25 May 2000 11:01:35 -0400
  ...Will shift into 1st and 2nd (or at least it acts like it shifts), but no go. 2. Reverse, 3rd and 4th work fine...
• clutch problem
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:16:08 -0700
  ...You can feel the engine RPM lower as I try to push the gear shift into any gear. The shift lever seems fine as...
• Re: Auto trans - not shifting into 3rd when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:07:34 -0500
  Shifts when warm ,huh.Sounds like a dirty valve body.I had an old ford that needed 45 minutes of warm up before it...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Musing About Recent Trip - Too Long
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:38:42 -0500
  I find the shift lever on the manual tranny to be just the right height. But then I'm not so tall (5' 7...
• automatic shifting problems, help please.
  Historical mailing list - R.Joseph Murphy
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 05:33:31 -0700
  ...I have a shifting problem in my 3 speed auto vanagon. I can only get the transmission to shift into second manually - by this...
• Re: tranny boots...
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 06:22:49 -0800
  That should be 251 711 167F for the shift rod boots. -Dana- Dana Morphew wrote: > > You'll need one 251 711 167E ball joint...
• Automatic shift point adjustment....anyone done this?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:59:42 -0400
  ...2nd gear....shifts into 3rd about 3300 rpm........and when this happens, 3rd is just a slight drop in rpm.........seems that the shift...
• Re: 86 Auto Vanagon: would not start
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:36:17 -0500
  << Went back up front and Slapped the right side of the shifter console twice. focusing on follow through. I asked my daughter to start...
• Manual tranny 3rd gear jumpout
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Mar 2016 22:03:09 -0600
  After adjusting the shifter from" no shift" to operational on my van, it now jumps out of third gear ocassionally. Any ideas as to...
• Re: Shifting difficulty
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:39:46 EDT
  I had trouble with "sticky shifting". I solved my problems by changing the manual transmission oil to Red Line MTL and it felt like...
• Re: How to buy Gene Berg shifter?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:33:15 -0500
  question: what are the bennys for having this type of shifter and does it replace the stock one? just a retrofit/enhancement Thanks, Joe
• re: Argh! My transmission went kaput!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 18:20:19 -0500
  ...What's going on? On the earlier buses (79 and before) There is a shift plate thingy in the front which directs the shift...
• Re: shift lever adjustment (why?)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 09:01:40 -0700
  ...Test the shifting to make sure it is better and not worse. There are pieces up front in the shifter box that wear and...
• Re: Shift rod
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:20:00 -0800
  ...Okay, I have a 1982 Vanagon with a 1982 shift rod front to back. The bushings in the joint between front and middle rod...
• Got Redline MTL ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 5 Mar 1999 04:04:47 PST
  I switched to Redline MTL in my five speed last night and the cold weather (21 degrees) shifting is MUCH improved. With the dino...
• Shifter resistance?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Paddock
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:11:58 -0700
  ...I'm at 165K on my '87 Wolfsburg and am noticing intermittant resistance shifting out of 2nd or 3rd gear. It doesn't seem...
• Re: shifter rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 17:58:32 EST
  ...Just open to that page in the Bentley when you are replacing the shifter parts and you will have no problems. I think my...
• Re: shifter shaft cover?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:05:00 -0700
  ...shifter shaft cover? > > "and serves no function but to make it pretty." > > I've found this matterial to dampen the > sound and vibration that...
• Sloppy Shifter
  Historical mailing list - James Lowe
  Sun, 3 Oct 2004 22:55:32 -0700
  Has anyone repaired a sloppy shifter? My 87 Syncro has a lot of play in the stick shift, and I put her in reverse...
• Re: Frankenshifter
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:51:21 -0500
  Well -- I ground that weld down to the diameter of the shifter rod, cleaned and greased all the gearshift pivot parts, and put it...
• SA 5-speed transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:11:35 -0700
  ...manual, the front shift-mechinism housing is the part of the shift linkage that contains the detents for the shifter. (This would eliminate the...
• Re: tranny diagnosis please
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 11 May 2000 19:54:42 -0700
  Does the shifter lever make noises in All gears or just 3rd or 4th???? Many times the shifter is just telescoping an internal iminent...
• Re: Shifter shaft black vinyl covering
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 23:19:34 -0500
  I just use heat shrink tubing to clean up my shifter shaft. Slip it over and apply the hair dryer. Stan Wilder 83 Air...
• Re: Shift Questions
  Historical mailing list - A Brandy Psmythe
  Tue, 14 May 1996 16:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
  Hi there, I just took apart my shift lever parts and greased them. Here is my impression of how it works, and how pressing...
• Re: 86 Syncro - shifting after rebuild
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 24 Nov 1996 15:59:38 -0500 (EST)
  ...Now, shifting is tight > from 3rd down into 2nd and down into 1st. Generally it is OK strating in > 1st and shifting into 2nd...
• Help 84 Trans Leaking and Shifting Problems
  Historical mailing list - smko
  Tue, 03 Jun 1997 10:38:53 -0400
  Firstly, thanks to the folks who have replied to my previous post for help with the shifting problem in first gear. Seems that adjustment...
• shifter bushings ---- how tight should they be?
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Sat, 23 Jun 2001 14:07:17 -0700
  Hi Vanagoners I'm trying to troubleshoot a vibration noise coming out of my shifter. I have recently replaced the ball and the bushings...
• Re: Tranny end shift lever issue and fix
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 19 May 2017 11:06:39 -0500
  ...Loosen the connection holding the front and rear of > the shifter shaft together, put the jig parts in plsce then tighten the > connector, shifter...
• Re: Berg Short shift kit install
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:25:34 -0700
  ...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: Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:18:03 -0400
  ...for the fore and aft operations, the shift lever moves the entire shift rod to the front, and to the back. when you push...
• Re: question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork"
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:15:08 -0400
  I installed new shift rod bushings (center, just behind the gas tank, and rear, at the transmission) as well as a "repair kit" for...
• Re: Argh! My transmission went kaput!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 09:43:19 -0600
  ...What's going on? I had somewhat similar shifting problems on my 86 GL a few years back. Cleaning and lightly greasing the shift...
• Re: 1989-only 911 Turbo model designation & airshift kit?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:44:59 -0800
  Well, I'd be curious about this air shift thing. But what one normally would do for your situation is change the ratio of...
• Re: Trans Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:00:40 -0400
  The Bus shift cone will not operate any of the vanagon transaxles. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Bad Pilot Bearing???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Shane
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:19:19 -0700
  So a few months ago my 87 Westy has been having a difficult time shifting into first gear. It shifts fine when the motor...
• question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork"
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:47:41 -0400
  Is there supposed to be a plastic or nylon "finger" on each side of the fork on the front of the shift rod? Looking...
• Re: Interest in Older Vanagon Shift Linkage reproduction
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:31:24 -0700
  ...Interest in Older Vanagon Shift Linkage reproduction > Ken: > > I could have used that on my '81 that I sold in May. NLA parts were...
• Bi-Tron oil products
  Historical mailing list - Bruno Walser
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:42:14 -0500
  ...Does the Slick 50 transmission treatment give you the same results as it was claimed for the bi-tron (smoother shifting). I have not...
• Repair Shops in Georgia/SC - Transmission: No shifting into 3rd or 4th
  Historical mailing list - Paul Smith
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:59:42 -0400
  ...I got my wife to move the shift as I was underneath peering up at the working of the linkage. When the shift lever...