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• Re: SYNCRO AUTOMATIC- POSSIBLE...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:32:07 -0800
  ...When he picked it up it would only go in reverse. He said that he drove it home (a few miles) that way and...
• Re: loud trans clanging in reverse and first
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:14:37 -0600
  ...other than it is most noticeable in 1st and more so, reverse, ie low RPMs), rather it is linked to the lurching which is...
• Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 5 May 2011 19:55:55 -0700
  ...I always leave it in reverse when parked (Matilda's a manual), parking brake on as hard as I can get it (if I...
• Re: Westy rear table mods: here's another one
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:52:31 -0700
  ...Another (additional) solution for access to the closet is to reverse the two table, put the short table in back and the longer table...
• Re: Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:06:50 -0700
  ...Short 2.6 MB clip of shifter at transmission, reverse, 1,2,3,4, reverse: http://tubanick.shawwebspace.ca/asset/view/27622/dk_trans...
• 85 shifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 08:01:31 -0700 (PDT)
  ...much play in the shifter, sometimes hard to get into gear, reverse is the worst). Van has 135k. Could someone shed some light on...
• Re: gas + electric/f
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Jun 95 14:29:51 EDT
  ...but, but, tell me, don't they come in automatic???? :-) Cetin Alistair Bell writes: > > > reverse (depending on how you parked the car the night...
• '84 Westy shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - Hank Miller
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 15:25:26 -0700
  ...linkage seems to let me go into reverse much easier. and also trouble shifting into second. not fluid. not easy. gear sometimes gets stuck...
• 83.5 no shift?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 11:15:56 -0700
  ...First, reverse, third. second and fourth won't engage. If I mess w/ it for a bit, I can get it into neutral but...
• RED BLUSH.....!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lyle Lathem
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 13:35:57 -0600
  ...out of sheer frustration, I reversed 3 and 4 and it actually runs like it's supposed to..! Color me Blush Red... Sorry Folks...
• Re: Reverse lights - '85 GL Manual
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:29:36 -0500
  Thanks Neil. That is exactly the advice I needed. This van has been sitting for a while but I remeber this being a problem...
• Transmission shift linkage adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 00:43:01 -0400
  ...I needed to depress the know and move it slightly into the reverse gate to get it into first (but not second usually). Since...
• Re: Reverse Gear in Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 08:35:32 -0800
  ...I went in reverse for about 20 yards >and was getting ready to stop so i put in the clutch and let it keep...
• 88 Automatic - Transmission rebuilt in 2006, Now only has 1st and Reverse Need Advice
  Historical mailing list - Robert M. Stewart - my vanagon
  Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:12:02 -0400
  ...It only has 1st and reverse as of now. I assume that because it was low on fluid and was driven for the 2...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:57:35 -0500
  ...It is the > same > > push over hard to get it in to 1st as reverse . Except you press down for > > reverse. Still a pain...
• Re: Stick jumps to left ...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Fri, 9 May 2014 21:48:44 -0700
  ...With the shifter too low > it act as if you are pushing it down past the reverse lock out. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Arthur H. Walker
  Mon, 1 May 1995 17:13:11 -0700
  it's a popular misconception that if you reverse the orientation of a drive axle on a CV shaft, the bearings will be loaded...
• RE: Replace Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 14:03:26 -0700
  ...Steve, In my newly acquired '76 DC, I get the chattering clutch but only when in reverse gear. All 4 forward speeds work with...
• Re: So stuff even happens to me!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Mon, 6 Apr 2020 07:55:07 -0400
  ...I hobbled a Macgiver to make a switch for reverse lights, and just recently put in a new white board. Easy and cheap. Bill...
• rear brake shoes
  Historical mailing list - Henning, Eric
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:24:32 -0500
  ...the small are on the rear, whichever, he says they are reversed) Can someone verify were the small shoe goes - towards the front or...
• Re: GETTING STARTED
  Historical mailing list - Russ Gunter
  Mon, 28 May 2001 10:02:43 EDT
  ...The problem was that I had reversed the wires to the fuel pump. Big red face here! Thanks for all your advice. I am...
• Re: Power Source in Engine Bay?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 16 Dec 2001 18:35:55 -0800
  ...Power Source in Engine Bay? Where's a good place to taqp in to power my reverse lights? Thanks, Matthew
• condensor removal
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 10:19:27 -0700
  ...Replace in reverse order. Evacuate the system (very important) and recharge. The trick is the discharge/recovery/evacuation/recharge. You need the equipment to...
• Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - LC
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:39:21 -0500
  ...it doesn't move...it starts but when I switch to reverse or forward it just increases the RPMs by 200. It could be...
• Re: backwards side slider window?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:50:31 EST
  ...the side slider window on their sliding door > upside > down and reversed. that way the opening would be by the rear seat in the...
• Re: clutch chatter -- how serious?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:20:06 EST
  ...shifter (i.e., reluctance to go into gear) when going into 1st or reverse at a stop accompanied by a little gear crunch. George
• Re: your ideas please on painting vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:43:42 +1300
  ...Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top posting frowned upon?
• Re: Fwd: no reverse ( and archive search isn't working right now)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 4 May 2007 11:20:09 -0400
  Nathaniel, You most likely need the plastic components that make up the transition of the stick shift through the floor board. I think these...
• Re: Back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 30 Oct 2013 08:15:50 -0500
  ...engine off (ignition on), gear in reverse - lights work >> 2. engine on, gear in reverse - lights work >> 3. begin to back up, within 10...
• Re: '87 Vanagon shudders in Reverse
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:36:59 -0800
  ...When I shift into reverse and let out the clutch, it shudders >like crazy, and will throw itself back into neutral. I don't...
• curious shifting probs. after questionable repairs...
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Co.
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:10:06 -1000
  ...He has to hunt for every gear on every shift, and sometimes goes into reverse rather than 1st, far too easily. This van is...
• Re: mechanics in Maine?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:37:23 -0600
  ...As far as it going into reverse and then quickly into first, that makes it sound kinda like a bushing issue more than a...
• crazy rear light thing going on
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:22:00 -0700
  ...installed Now my back up lights do not work when in reverse and the rear side marker lights do not come on when the...
• Re: More On Front Blower Motor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:02:02 -0700
  ...117.htm http://www.vanagonauts.com/Heater-Blower-R&-R118.htm or reverse order of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4AglfgB7DA bob
• Re: Shifter Part Needed
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 15:37:10 -0400
  I don't know about the Vanagon shifters, but on my Golf of the same age, the reverse lockout tang was a plastic finger...
• Need Valve Body for '91
  Historical mailing list - James Huskins
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 05:35:35 -0500
  ...It still goes into reverse. It's apparently a pressure problem, and I hope that changing the valve body will fix it. James Huskins...
• My Brakes are Frozen
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:56:37 -0700
  ...I tried braking it loose using granny and reverse, but no luck. It is REALLY frozen! Anybody have a solution? Thanks in advance. Keith...
• Re: Reversed mirrors!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:25:19 -0800
  > Anybody ever tried them that way (intentionally)? I wonder if you couldn't > see more of what you need to see that way....? problem...
• Re: Problems wit rear lighting need the wisdom of the ages
  Historical mailing list - Edward Barger
  Thu, 4 Jun 2020 14:27:18 -0700
  ...front and real turn signal flash normal > BUT the back lights come on and the transmission not in reverse > > 3. With headlights on or...
• Re: 91 westy 4 speed shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:13:49 -0600
  ...reverse. > > In other words, to get into 1st, I need to push the stick down and � way > over to the left towards reverse. > > Is...
• Mis-wired ps idle booster?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:37:57 -0500
  ...Whenever I put the van in reverse, it boosts the idle. It seems that the booster/relay in the foreward right corner of the...
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro Tranny Problem
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:57:35 -0800
  ...I cant even shift into low, reverse is very >hard, and first is difficult. Once in reverse, she >starts clanking and I have to...
• Re: Shifting 5 speeds
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:32:59 -0700
  ...yes, I have to 'sort of' push down for 1st gear and for reverse, both. But Reverse is the real locked out gear... The...
• Clutch problems: 1st, 2nd, ...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Sun, 27 Nov 1994 05:23:18 -0700 (MST)
  ...Sometimes I hit reverse trying to get 1st. That's always a problem. There is some leakage of (of all things, oil) around some...
• Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:53:32 +1200
  ...Reverse osmosis? Osmosis is osmosis; there's no such thing as reverse osmosis! It's merely the transfer of elements in a solution across...
• Re: Size of the small ball in the 5sp reverse lockout?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:31:23 -0700
  Thanks all. We have no nearby ,Vw dealer, so I am trying a couple from my true value hardware... it's probably a metric...
• Re: Ratios:RPM/Speed('81 Westy)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 23:12:33 -0500
  ...My tranny sound/feels good in all forward gears, but when I let the van >roll backwards while in reverse, or if I go...
• 82 Vanagon gear selection problem.
  Historical mailing list - L. J|rgen \hman
  Thu, 3 Apr 1997 23:46:11 +0200 (MET DST)
  ...2nd, 4th and reverse works ok. Is it a linkage problem or is the gearbox broken ? Can someone tell me how to adjust the...
• auto trans for '83 air cooled
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:57:40 -0500
  If I buy an '83 air cooled Vanagon with auto transmission problems (no forward, only reverse works), what am I likely to pay for...
• Shifting problems how adjust linkage
  Historical mailing list - Monk Bill
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:39:05 EDT
  ...In order to get my Van in first I need to push down as if going into reverse and shifting to second is also...
• Tire rotation etc.
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 12:44:03 -0500
  ...I suppose you could take the tire off the wheel and reverse it. > Try this helpful tire site: http://www.vulcantire.com/guide.htm...
• Westy clutch problem
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jara
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 15:06:48 -0700
  ...Grinds big time into reverse even at dead stop on completely flat surface. Also have to double-clutch to shift both up and down...
• automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:30:42 -0500
  ...He said he has lost reverse and third on his present one and it smells bad. Darrell
• Re: Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Steven Gross
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 20:01:56 -0800
  olists wrote: > I was pleasantly surprised to find traffic lights that worked in "reverse" > in Germany last October. How logical to let you know...
• Re: Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Apr 2004 11:33:01 EST
  In a message dated 4/3/04 11:24:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET writes: > The > reverse is true of...
• Re: Transmission, Automatic, Question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 1 May 2008 06:40:52 -0700
  If you are driving SLOWLY in snow/ice, and lose stopping control of your automatic transmission vehicle, jam it into reverse then hit the...
• Re: clutch dragging... hmmm
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:23:52 EDT
  ...a little bit hard to force it into gear, reverse gear wants to grind, and often going into 1st you can hear a "clunk...
• Re: Hydrophilia, or how I stopped worrying and learned to love distilled water
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:10:19 PDT
  ...Reverse osmosis - thats not used to make distilled water - but is used in making filtered water - and the best filter is said to be...
• Re: Vanagon Stranded near Tawas, MI
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:41:26 -0400
  The Neutral/reverse light switch on the automatic is just under the shifter console. Pry up the top cover and it is easy to...
• Re: linkage woes
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 18:51:40 -0400
  ...linkage woes > > Folks, > Prior to this morning, my bus would only shift into first if I pushed down as > if to defeat the reverse...