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• Re: Need help finding Auto Trans Washers
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:14:13 -0600
  ...and says he > needs: > > "The 2 plastic washers for the planetary gears, they're red with 3 tabs" > > Anyone know what washers he's...
• Re: Van broken down in Paso Robles 5/27/2014 10 AM - Any recommendations for mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Kevin P Gilleran
  Tue, 27 May 2014 10:15:13 -0700
  ...I had Jessica run through the gears manually to make sure that the neutral-park switch is making full contact and yet Jessica says...
• Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:01:27 -0700
  ...Transmission would catch slightly in all gears. Pulled it, and TOB appeared to be installed incorrectly. It appeared loose. (at time, I also suspected...
• Re: 84 GL 4 speed transmission-reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 00:43:25 EST
  ...If the relay fork isn't doing its job then you are not engaging the gears and the slider is staying in neutral. -Todd...
• Re: 3rd---->4th gear...Vanagon tranny
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, David R FOR:EX
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:55:40 -0700
  ...3rd---->4th gear...Vanagon tranny I understand that a flaw exists in a specific part of the vanagon tranny between 3rd and 4th gears...
• Re: Redline gear lube
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:18:13 -0700
  ...According to darrel christensen of AA transaxles, you want mt-90 due to the angle of the spinning gears (verticle or horizontal). I run...
• Re: $33,000 westy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:09:05 -0600
  ...you monitoring any of this? Does this sound like worn, sloping gears and a rebuild? Let's see, we're now at $31,500...
• Re: Backup Lights Always On, Stiff Shifter. "Selector shaft, modifications" P 35.60a
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:51:31 -0400
  ...In the case with my transmission, the reverse lights came on when shifting between first and second gears. You can take the "locking cover...
• AA Trans answers some tranny oil questions...
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:15:44 -0700
  ...As I understand it...MT 90 is for Hypoid diferentials (gears at a 90 degree angle to each other) such as your Vanagons...MTL...
• Re: Possible aaz/ turbo diesel source?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:20:12 -0700
  ...500 rpm or so. >> Very noticeable in the lower gears , not so much higher gears. >> >> the engine itself though .........all new, all german, and...
• Re: Bad transaxel ????
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 18:05:20 -1000
  ...I took it to my VW mechanic who > I trust and has always been honest and he believes it is the spider gears in...
• Re: The Price We Pay For Being "Cool"-A story
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:07:38 -0500
  ...Since automatics have the torque converter for torque multiplication less gears were needed. Tow speed autos were very common back then. Remember the GM...
• Re: Travel Emergency: 4sp Manual Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:26:37 -0700
  ...No other gears. She also says the clutch pedal > action seems normal. > > I guessing rear shifter linkage is bad, but your suggestions? Nearest > trustworthy...
• Re: finding bad syncro wheel bearing
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 23:15:48 -0500
  ...one would be 100%. > > Bill This beats the heck out of the spider gears. Also, free spining wheels is traveleing at dpuble speed. Dennis.
• Re: High Pitched Thanks
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 17:17:17 -0500
  ...It has however, for the last 10kmiles, been making an RRRrrrrrrrr sound in the lower gears. Not too loud but noticeable. Jim Davis 87...
• Re: Timing Belt...
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 09:15:39 -0800
  ...1l gasoline Vanagon engines--the drive train is driven directly by gears. The diesel engine does have a timing belt, but I don't...
• Re: Speedometer Clicking!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 10:30:16 -0700
  ...At high speed it seems to be a whine. > Tried lubing some of th gears inside - no difference.1 > Any ideas what this could...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 16 May 2001 11:20:55 -0600
  ...Unless you like having four reverse gears and one forward! Larry
• Newbie 87 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jerome & Melissa Little
  Fri, 24 May 2002 19:17:46 -0700
  ...It only makes the noise when there is pressure against the gears, i.e. acceleration. Thanks for any input. And a big thanks to...
• Automatic Transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 11:18:18 -0800
  ...It shifts fine thru the gears when in "D", but I just can't move the lever down any further to "1" or "2...
• Re: Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:04:51 -0800
  ...It seems the backup lights blink on > while > shifting gears and will remain on when in 3rd or 4th gear
• Re: 5 speed question
  Historical mailing list - George Mercer
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:46:23 EDT
  ...The other gears are similar but not quite as big a drop. With the 5-speed, 1st through 4th are about 5% lower geared...
• Need Help adjusting clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Robert S. Williams, MD
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 11:09:54 -0500
  ...When shifting into 3rd or 4th gears, the gears grab ala "if ya can't find em, grind em" ... this is with the clutch...
• Re: Decisions, decisions which conversion-didn't intend to start a power war
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:26:10 -0400
  ...Factoring in the cost of this (shipping and opening up the case > to > > swap out 2 gears) might reduce the difference in price between...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 10:43:55 -0400
  ...Seems that > with the motor running makes it not want to go into any gears and the > motor off goes easily into all the...
• Re: Sudden shift linkage outage
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 20 May 2018 14:49:56 -0700
  ...now it's very > sloppy and I have to pay attention to get into the gears.. - I will replace > whole thing soon... >
• Towing a Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 04:29:05 -0500
  ...May it prudently be towed if the gearshift is in neutral and max speeds kept to 20-25 mph? Would this create a serious...
• Need Diesel Tranny
  Historical mailing list - T G
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 14:02:29 -0800
  ...Please help me find a tranny I need this van to be going with all gears and am using it for college. Thank you...
• Re: Gearshift stuck!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 21:26:37 -0500
  At 19:57 11/1/2000, Michael Samson wrote: >out of 4th gear. Needless to say, it wasn't easy getting the thing home...
• Re: clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:54:04 -0800
  ...I have to push all the way in to shift, and it engages 1/8" from the floor - shifting is difficult- and the gears...
• Re: It's still friday, so..
  Historical mailing list - Wes Ullrich
  Sun, 31 Aug 2003 08:17:52 -0400
  Second Car? 2004 Cannondale R4000 2003 Specialized Epic Marathon Cannondale XR800 plus a slew of fixed gears and townies. Wes Ullrich ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: Bogging 1.9
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:32:18 -0600
  ...Going through the gears it bogs down at each gear change. Almost like it's flooded. No clouds of black smoke that I can...
• <UPDATE>Struck Transmission -84
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Clark
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:00:57 -0600
  ...The tranny "seems" to shift into all gears, even reverse. I had a friend row thru the gears and I watched the shift linkage...
• Re: sounds of doomed tranny?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:39:35 -0500
  ...the van spends most its time in lower gears, in the city and >> >> >it's > > >>the original transaxle with 134,000 on it. i...
• Re: Tires- 16" recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:20:33 -0700
  ...Dang, it pains me to do that... .I wouldn't think the VW engineers, who designed the gears for the diesel Van tranny like...
• Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:45:07 +0100
  ...The idea of two instead of three gears is from ZF. I have a stock Porsche gearset lying in my garage. I wanted to...
• Re: TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:09:53 -0700
  ...TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears? On 10/13/05, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote: > > Short of getting the European 3.73 R+P...
• Sad and depressed
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:18:29 -0400
  ...No clunking at all through the gears. And smoke. And the oil level which was full, is now not after runnin it for like...
• 2WD 5 speed tranny with limited slip for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 3 Nov 2010 22:59:41 -0700
  ...on.... i will be selling the 5 speed tranny from it.. Gears are 4.11/2.33/1.48/1.02/.70 with 4...
• Re: Great Job Guys!!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 10:53:25 -0700
  ...job guys!!! > >Now all I have to do is to switch gears and stop typing >"@lenti.med.umn.edu"....... I have to point out...
• EV shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Roderick (strg)
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 06:58:09 -0700
  I have a '93 EV MV in which I just lost all gears except 3rd&4th. The shifter went completely "limp" or very sloppy...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 17 Dec 1999 - Special issue (NO VANAGON CONTENT)
  Historical mailing list - ~David~M-
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:43:05 -0500
  ...There was also a rumour that Italian armoured vehicles had one forward gear and four reverse gears to make retreating easier.
• Re: Manual Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 22 Dec 2000 07:26:47 -0600
  ...The 3rd and 4th gears can be swapped but that is about it. . Darrell ----- Original Message ----- From: John P To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Sticky shifting? L@@K!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:48:19 -0500
  ...does my 5 speed have synchros on all gears including reverse? > While the clutch was broken I could not find the straight teeth. > ???????????
• Re: Difference in transmissions.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 22:22:44 +1200
  ...Maybe some of the gears would have, but I doubt that. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago...
• Re: FS in San Antonio
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:35:44 -0800
  ...the implications of that. "You mean I have to SHIFT the gears? Why would I want a van like that?" Stephen "How odd........we...
• Was: Tranny swap Gears 2 High. Now: Video of Linkage.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:25:44 -0700
  I think I found the problem. Of note, transmission dropped off jack. Obviously I didn't inspect it. I shot video so I could...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:28:15 -0500
  ...There is no pushing down to engage >>> any gears, just click click click. Mine was rebuilt 100K miles ago and >>> shifts very smoothly and...
• I added a Turbo to improve air flow...
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:23:44 -0800
  ...I just put an old Subaru 1.8 Turbo on my 2.1 Syncro Westy with taller 3rd & 4th gears in the trans. Got...
• Re: how can you tell 4-speed vs. 5-speed apart outside of the van
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:52:20 -0700
  Ben, I would think, if you knew the movements of the linkage into the transmission, you could find the gears and note the turn...
• Re: Travel Emergency: 4sp Manual Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:31:31 -0500
  ...No other gears. She also says the clutch pedal > action seems normal. > > I guessing rear shifter linkage is bad, but your suggestions? Nearest > trustworthy...
• Re: Electric Supercharger
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:16:39 +1300
  ...Don't forget that a turbo IS a supercharger! just that it's driven by exhaust gas flow rather than a belt or gears...
• Rotary engine transplant
  Historical mailing list - Dar Crammond
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:59:12 EDT
  ...Maybe a bit short on low end torque, but that redline and high end would make up for a world of short gears. Probably...
• Re: re. turboing a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:52:47 -0500
  ...Isn't this the one that is getting complaines about slipped cam gears, now? > > On 12/14/02 1:43 AM, "Mike Boland" <Westy...
• Emergency in South Dakota
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:12:19 -0500
  ...Transmission seems fine in all other gears. Shifter linkage? Broken shifter fork? Bottom line: anybody know ANY VW mechs in Wall or Rapid City...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 15:29:09 -0400
  ...I couldn't get the dizzy drive shaft to drop back down > into the drive shaft gears while the pulley was 90 degrees ATDC...
• Re: Symptoms - Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 16:00:38 -0400
  ...http://www.vanagonauts.com/34.4--34.12-Gearshift-Lever,-Adjusting173.htm -- John Meeks Vanagon Rescue Squad http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74...
• Re: Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Tevis
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:42:25 -0400
  the H pattern can seem ok but you could be shifting into 3rd and 4th in both locations. i had this happen on a...
• Re: shift linkage rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 10:35:49 -0700
  ...The boot for this area is NLA Up front the gearshift lever passes through a spring loaded nylon ball/socket joint at the floor...
• transmission shifting
  Historical mailing list - Don Williams
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:12:19 -0700
  ...The guides to the gears are on the upper part of the box that is accessed under the spare tire. You can adjust the...