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• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:43:19 -0700
  ...251711176- Alloy Shifter guides under the front shifter in |>>>>>> the 2wd |>>>>>> Vanagon for $20 |>>>>>> 2. 251919051H- Syncro Gas tank Level Sender- $199 |>>>>>> 3. 251957809J...
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:25:51 -0400
  It is possible that you are installing the guide bracket for the shift rod on the wrong side of the casting mount for it...
• Location of tranny number
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sat, 13 Mar 1999 14:07:04 -0700
  ...pieces on my 091 shift linkage. I have the one that covers the guide pin on the rear shaft rod, however, I also need...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:32:29 -0500
  ...18 Jan 2002 05:33:16 Vanagon Man wrote: >Whole different shift rod set up than a vanagon...you are looking for an >80...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Wed, 11 May 2016 12:41:10 -1000
  ...AM, John Rodgers > <jrodgers113@gmail.com <mailto:jrodgers113@gmail.com>> wrote: > > What would be some causes for the autotranny not to shift into > 3rd...
• Re: Hard shifting - clutch mount bracket?
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:26:00 +0000
  ...Hard shifting - clutch mount bracket? > > > Im trying to diagnose hard shifting in a 91 Vanagon Manual with short shift > kit and shifter extension handle...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:25:37 -0500
  ...251711176- Alloy Shifter guides under the front shifter in >>>>>> the 2wd >>>>>> Vanagon for $20 >>>>>> 2. 251919051H- Syncro Gas tank Level Sender- $199 >>>>>> 3. 251957809J...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:18:18 -0800
  ...I also remember my 84 Westy have higher shift points than normal, > but that one is sold,so I can't be sure. > > Anyone...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:36:11 -0500
  ...251711176- Alloy Shifter guides under the front shifter in >>>>>> the 2wd >>>>>> Vanagon for $20 >>>>>> 2. 251919051H- Syncro Gas tank Level Sender- $199 >>>>>> 3. 251957809J...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 May 2010 14:30:37 -0500
  ...I'm following the Bentley procedure to align the shifter. I > > am > > missing a plastic tab on the front shift rod, but didn't...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:18:22 -0500
  ...251711176- Alloy Shifter guides under the front shifter in the 2wd >>> Vanagon for $20 >>> 2. 251919051H- Syncro Gas tank Level Sender- $199 >>> 3. 251957809J...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 21 May 2010 15:29:48 -0500
  ...I'm following the Bentley procedure to align the shifter. I > > am > > missing a plastic tab on the front shift rod, but didn't...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 21 May 2010 14:17:01 -0700
  ...I'm following the Bentley procedure to align the shifter. I > > am > > missing a plastic tab on the front shift rod, but didn't...
• Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder replaced Finally!!! - One other question though.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 14:10:13 -0700
  ...I have had to tweak on the rotational alignment at the splines in the middle of the shift rods, just from taking a trans...
• Re: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving. NOW: Who drives barefoot in the summer??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:20:52 -0800
  ...Only problem was forgetting I was barefoot and up-shifting really hard and fast. (Shift lever was bare metal.) I forget, 1 down and...
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:50:40 -0700
  ...Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing? On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@gmail.com> wrote: > I am helping a...
• Relay #4 - what does it do?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12:08:24 -0700
  ...5th gears but I think a simple rotation of the aft shift rod will cure that. Oh, and it pulled like a train - even...
• Tweaking the carbs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 5 May 2003 22:25:31 -0500
  ...rods, adjusted the choke pull offs but the engine still seems to run out of juce about 6,000 rpms. If I shift at...
• Tranny....or...
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Clay
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 11:17:57 EDT
  ...her checked out the shifter vibrated...and it was only a missing bolt between the frond and rear shifter rods.....now my problem (?) THe...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:28:20 -0500
  Michael - thanks for the moldhaus.com buz! I don't often hoist my own petard other than my signature line! :-) John John Rodgers Clayartist...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 11 May 2016 18:49:10 -0700
  ...11:32 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> What would be some causes for the autotranny not to shift into 3rd gear. >> It...
• Re: Transaxle Trouble 3rd & 4th - Away from Home
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 23 May 2009 17:50:42 -0500
  ...Good Luck, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Chelsea, AL Bob Stevens wrote: > Oh, and if it is the slider, it's a tranny teardown...
• Re: [T2] 82 aircooled vanagon tranny needed
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:32:25 -0700
  ...Can we just >> change the shift rod?? Does anybody close to Va. have a good used one. >> Later and >> have fun Mark Dearing > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To...
• Re: Powerflex transaxle bushing
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:27:59 -0500
  ...It was about $55+ shipping On Apr 29, 2016 8:17 AM, "John Rodgers" <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Where does that come from? And...
• FS or Trade 1980 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:23:52 -0500
  ...tranny with good used one in spring replaced piolet bearing and shift rod at end, All tune up parts and full tune up with...
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:25:17 -0700
  ...yeah, see page 34.2 .......in the lower left hand corner of the page it shows 'center shift rod bushing'. it's above the...
• Re: Shifter Bushing Availability
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:54:35 -0500
  ...It will not shift into 1st and 2nd gear. At a minimum we need the two shift bushings, part number 251.711.207D. We...
• Re: 84 manual transmission - pops out of 4th
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:02:25 -0600
  ...the bushings around the shifting rod next to the transmission > are worn out. > > No other noises, no hard shifting. Clutch, pilot bearing etc seem...
• Re: Tranny woes on 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:12:11 -0600
  ...pivot downward without the shifting linkage pin removed. With this pin (stud with two nuts that anchors the linkage rod) slightly bent, 1st and...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:14:24 -0700
  ...251711176- Alloy Shifter guides under the front shifter in > the 2wd > Vanagon for $20 > 2. 251919051H- Syncro Gas tank Level Sender- $199 > 3. 251957809J...
• Re: Swap Entire '85 Shift Linkage into '81?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 17:04:38 -0800
  ...I just looked at an 82 body - there the shift rod above the gas tank comes out of that round hole above the aft...
• Duh! What gear we in?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:18:55 -0700
  ...get my flashlight and lay under the van and manipulate the shift rod into what I know to be reverse position. I roll out...
• Re: 1.9L exhaust system comments
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Bell
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:06:56 -0500
  ...I have over 200,000 miles on my 1.9L and usually rev it up > near 5,000 RPM before each shift - and the...
• Re: Newbie '86 Vanagon owner here
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:42:26 -0800
  ...on the stiff shifting......... I see dozens of vanagons all the time, and it seems to me hardly anyone ever lubes the shift linkage...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:19:45 -0500
  ...ago due to some shifting problems. It >> smoothed out tranny operation and I've had no troubles since. >> >> John Rodgers >> Clayartist and Moldmaker >> 88...
• Re: Runaway digital clock
  Historical mailing list - chrisrvanagon
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:37:19 -0700
  ...Runaway digital clock Rod Knutson <rodknutson2002@YAHOO.COM> writes: > Hmmmm.... here is one I can't resolve. I went to reset my digital > clock...
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:22:35 -0700
  ...info> wrote: > > > > > > > > Good chance that the shifting of location is part or all of the > > problem. > > > > Shift rods are no longer going to line...
• Re: AT speeds/rpm's
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 4 Jul 2002 18:39:48 -0400
  Good day Bill, I perfectly agree on shifting the 2.1L at 4000, and maybe more when needed. I would simply not maintain 4000...
• Re: Swaping Manual Transmision Fluid?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:08:20 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Matt Sutton wrote: > Hi folks, > I've been thinking about switching the manual transmission fluid to > Redline in my...
• Re: some observations on the power of an inline VW 1.8 liter (Rabbit, Golf, Jetta) gas..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:41 -0800
  ...longer rods have less side to side travel which accounts for most of the vibration in the 1.8. � The other feature I like...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Wed, 11 May 2016 11:09:16 -1000
  ...Scott On 05/11/2016 05:32 AM, John Rodgers wrote: > What would be some causes for the autotranny not to shift into 3rd...
• Re: Bad Mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 18:17:53 -0400
  ...Un-noticed however, > was an ever increasing difficulty in shifting into first gear. And > finally it wouldn't shift except with the greatest of...
• Re: Was Got Shifter Bushings? Now Rear Shift Rod Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:39:57 -0600
  Jamie, here you go. TencenLife is one of the ever-present talents on Thesamba.com. He is THE premier wasserboxer rebuilder in these parts...
• My 84 Westy Winter Project
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:21:43 -0500
  ...Shifter hard to find gears, replaced 3 bushings, shift linkage ball to new billet receptor, replaced boots, Union and sandblasted and treated shift rod...
• Battery dead fast - starte deader
  Historical mailing list - David Ohlemacher
  Fri, 1 May 1998 14:59:48 -0400
  ...One thing I did do was grease the rod that links the shifter to the transmission as mentioned on the list, and yes, it...
• Re: Vanagon Anomaly?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:08:11 -0800
  ...It has the WBX trans and shift rod to boot. Robert 1982 Westfalia --- Joel Walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote: > > 1/82 WV27G0255CH070810 > > that's...
• Re: I'm Back!
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 22:11:52 -0500
  ...John Rodgers That Alaska Guy in the South -------- REPLY, Original message follows -------- Date: Thursday, 18-Jun-98 10:22 AM From: GMBulley \ America On...
• Re: Clutch of not? Help
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 09:43:19 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jere Hawn wrote: > Hi All, > > > > TIA for those that can respond. My 88 GL is acting very funny and...
• Re: Terpsicorian Shifter
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 27 May 2002 17:42:09 -0500
  ...Stan Wilder On Mon, 27 May 2002 17:40:59 -0500 John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> writes: > When I have a steady foot...
• Re: Aircooled vs. WBX manual transmission
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:37:33 -0700
  ...the 'aft shift rod' ...........the rod that's about 4 and half feet long, that goes from the aft edge of the gas tank...
• Re: Redline MT 90 Gear Oil
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:02:27 -0500
  ...I run MT-90 and enjoy the smooth > shifting. > > > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 5:32 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> > wrote...
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:48:54 -0400
  ...info> wrote: > > > > > > Good chance that the shifting of location is part or all of the > problem. > > > Shift rods are no longer going to line...
• Re: Transaxle Drain Plug Detritus
  Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
  Mon, 20 Apr 1998 12:32:15 -0700
  ...No immediate miracles to report, although those newly-lubed shift rod bushings certainly do feel sweet! Reason for writing is to inquire what sort...
• Re: Manual tranny clutch adjustment,
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:17:52 -0700
  ...It seems to >> engage to soon in really low gears, and doesn't shift cleanly out of re >> verse and first, or go back...
• Re: Tranny Repaired!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:53:54 -0700
  ...He got it up on the rack and found > the shift arm connector on the side of the tranny had simply broken into > pieces...
• Re: speaking if clutch slave failure
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:29:36 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Michael Rule wrote: >Hi All, > >What are the signs when driving/shifting of a clutch slave failure? Or >perhaps...
• Re: simple engine RPM question--need shifting advice
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Sat, 21 Nov 1998 20:43:04 -0500
  ...I have seen Rabbit motors turn 7500 rpm on a dyno with nothing more than high quality rod bolts and shot peened stock rods...
• Re: hole in fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 19:54:03 -0500
  ...You can also grease the shift rod bushing above the tank that never get grease - you'll like shifting for a while after that...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:46:58 -0500
  ...I also remember my 84 Westy have higher shift points than > normal, > but that one is sold,so I can't be sure. > > Anyone...
• Re: Auto Tranny TLC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 20:55:56 -0700
  ...oh ...very important, lube the ball pivot at the top of the shift lever on the side of the trans . way up at the...