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• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 12:20:41 -0700
  adding weight would probably make shifts occur earlier. Since with a Subaru engine you want to raise shift points some, and you remove weight...
• Re: Tachless Vanagons (1984)
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:59:08 -0800
  ...Do those shift dots represent red lining? > The marked shift speeds are as follows: > > First gear limit ---> 20 mph > Second gear limit ---> 40 mph...
• Re: Finally got new Air Cooled/Diesel Center Shifter Bushings in stock!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:04:48 -0800
  ...Finally got new Air Cooled/Diesel Center Shifter Bushings in stock! > It can help quite a bit. If you are worried about vague shifting...
• Re: [V] Mike Blair's hard shift into first
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 1 Jan 1999 17:46:54 EST
  ...Usually by moving the shift lever around you could get it into gear. Now it is worse.>> From the description of how it started...
• HELP needed: Converting to Auto Trans... need neutral switch wiring
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 14:27:11 -0700
  ...My buddy and I harvested the engine and trans out of an 89 Vanagon GL along with the shifter, shift console, shiftrod, halfhafts (since...
• Early Vanagon Shift Linkage Available Again!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:12:19 -0400
  I had posted that we were working on reproducing the early 80-82 AC and Diesel Vanagon rear shift linkage guide pins. These have...
• shifting- repost
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:48:39 -0700
  ...Go to shift down to second to turn a corner and.....can't find it. Try a couple of times. Shift to third, back...
• Re: .................... and vanagons (friday post with little Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:50:07 -0700
  ...They always shift in one of two direct movements, selecting the next gear in the sequence as long as you move the shift lever...
• vanagon stumble
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:01:33 -0400
  ...It hiccups a bit in first gear and then briefly hiccups more violently after shifting to 2nd and accelerating. It stops this stumble after...
• Re: Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:56:25 -0400
  ...Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation >> >> I just found a cool .pdf on adjusting the van shift linkage (syncro) >
• Auto Transmission Blues 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Morrell, Edward
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 09:35:09 -0700
  ...Symptoms are when shifting from 2nd to 3rd on low level of acceleration, seems to shift to 3rd, then release and apparently head back...
• Was Got Shifter Bushings? Now Rear Shift Rod Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:51:00 -0600
  Officially hijacked for my personal devices......No buttercup here! Take a look at my recent work: http://picasaweb.google.com/mundopacheco/MiguelS88Westy# Miguel I...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 May 2001 (#2001-539)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 4 May 2001 08:55:03 EDT
  In a message dated 5/4/01 5:43:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wgomes@earthlink.net writes: << s 'shifting=' in vanagon since 99...
• Re: berg shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Yosh
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 15:49:06 +0900
  ...Stoneback" <jps@CS.MORAVIAN.EDU> > I am in the market for the Berg short shift kit. Is someone > planning to do a group purchase...
• Re: berg shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Jon Berg
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:50:46 -0500
  I'm interested in participating in the Berg Shift Kit group buy, if and when it comes together. If I were related to them...
• reverse light switch
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:56:26 -0500
  ...I have to keep playing with the shift lever to get them to come on. Is it in the shift lever tower up front...
• transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Marty Kulmus
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:09:04 -0800
  Just recently I have noticed a slight grab when shifting from 3rd to 4th gear. It seems to be getting worse. Is this a...
• Re: .................... and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:45:16 -0800
  ...The way it works is ....if you are 'touching' the shift lever ... a micro switch in the shifter switches a vaccum valve ( got that...
• Need help testing an early Vanagon shift lever
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 26 Dec 2016 12:19:39 -0500
  We just got a brand new aftermarket shift lever for an 80-83.5 Vanagon (Air Cooled, or Diesel). I need a person who...
• Re: 85 westfalia tranny lube question- Difficult Shifting
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:15:28 -0400
  If shifting is tough, before you change the lube, check the grease in the "ball and socket" at the transmission end of the linkage...
• Re: Stuck in gear - Help!
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 31 Mar 2001 15:37:58 -0800
  ...Thought it was shifter linkage > trouble > as the plastic gimball that the shifter pivots about broke - > replaced it, > but shifter won't budge - stuck...
• Re: air cooled 4th gear pick up
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:21:23 -0400
  ...ndependent of the goodness of the engine, you might want to change your shifting: shifting into 4th at 45 mph is too low. Try...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:31:04 -0500
  ...I am unfamiliar with the shift pattern, is 1st somewhere different and the rest similar or are they all different? Velma 82 1.9L...
• Re: Still frustrated with clutch problem (87 Westy Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - thetrans
  Mon, 18 May 1998 10:57:31 -0400
  ...At 07:08 AM 5/18/98 -0700, you wrote: >On Sun, 17 May 1998, thetrans wrote: > >> Recap: >> >> Clutch refuses to disengage when shifting...
• Re: Compatibility of A1 Rabbit/Jetta Autotrans
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:58:54 -0500
  ...So there is this weird position on the shifter marked 'E' >after Neutral and Drive. Feels like a coasting position. If the E for...
• Re: Shift Problem after engine install?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 13:30:08 -0700 (MST)
  ...They tell me that it might be bushings in the shift linkage, the clutch thrust bearing, or the slave cylinder. A while back, I...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Tony Dowell
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 20:26:08 EST
  ...i need shifter parts for a 80-92 westy w/091/1 4spd -trans is an85' i need the complete shifter assembly and the...
• Re: Stiff shifting in 86 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:08:20 -0800
  ...Stiff shifting in 86 syncro > Here is the deal bought the car earlier this year from a listee. Bad > clutch. Replaced clutch, and fired...
• Re: heck-uva time realighning shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:05:27 -0600
  ...See if it helps the shifting. If not, > rotate again 90 degrees more in the same direction. Keep doing this > until the shifting improves...
• Re: Repair Shops in Georgia/SC - Transmission: No shifting into 3rd or 4th
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:14:24 -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...
• lazy...thread type on shifter knob
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:34:55 -0800
  I should get out and measure it, but anyone know off hand the thread size/pitch on the shifter knob end? thanks, ab '86...
• GEAR SHIFT ADJUST?
  Historical mailing list - Dave T. Richards
  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 07:57:56 -0400
  I have adjusted and fiddled with my gear shift but I am still having trouble geting into 2nd gear from third while in motion...
• Rabbit Transmission
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Wed, 20 Dec 2000 07:33:37 -0800
  ...Problem is it gets stuck in gear when shifting. When engine off, I can go under hood and move linkages to shift from gear...
• Free: air deflector / heater cover
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 14:14:36 -0300
  I have a air deflector / heater cover that goes just ahead of the shifter lever. It is from an automatic tranny (has a cut...
• Re: berg shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 22:46:27 EST
  ...You change the pivot point for the shifter. BenT
• Re: Berg Shifter TOP
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:19:50 -0800
  ...If you mull over the design you'll figger that precise mouting and firmness of member parts is vital to your ultimate shifting pleasure....
• Re: syncro - shift linkage protective pipe
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:25:22 -0700
  ...syncro - shift linkage protective pipe > > >> cross posted from samba... >> >> >> How common is it to have the protective pipe installed in the shift >> linkage assembly...
• Shifter Adjustment Tips and Tricks requested
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:37:16 -0500
  ...New shift rod boots were installed. After hooking the shift rod back up, shifting is crummy. Can't find the gears half the time...
• Transmission quits after 310,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:30:36 -0500
  ...The only part I am missing is the control rod which runs from the shifter to the shift arm on the transmission. This should...
• 85 shifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Sat, 28 Sep 1996 11:45:26 -0700 (PDT)
  Thanks to you all who sent helpful information to me on my 85 Vanagon shifting problems (140,000 and still goining). Bled the slave...
• Shift Linkage Problem on manual tranny
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:37:28 -0500
  ...Those of you who have replaced their trannies run into a similar problem?? Is it necessary to re adjust the linkage at the shifter...
• advice needed trans trouble on the Outer Banks
  Historical mailing list - Kevin James
  Sat, 15 Apr 2000 23:46:42 EDT
  ...Made a normal attempt to shift down from fourth to third and nothing happened. The shifter appears to be moving everything properly up to...
• Shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:05:51 -0400
  Hi all, I've got an '85 westy that doesn't seem to want to shift into any gear at idle. I suspect that...
• Forwarded: Suspicious Syncro Shifting Symptoms
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Feb 96 16:05:06 EST
  As you were describing your trans shifting problems, I was all set to say sounds like the syncronizers. Until you mentioned that the clutch...
• Re: Automatic Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:22:34 -0600
  ...It shifted early, the shifts were soft, and I was sure the clutches were gone. Then I replaced the thermostat to solve an active...
• Need Help Diagnosing Auto Tran problem
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Jones
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:32:30 -0400
  ...the van does not engage in the gear right away when shifted. For example the van use to make a noticeable shift from Park...
• Auto Shifter weirdness
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:11:28 -0800
  ...Its an auto and the shifter has been fine until now but now when I move from Park to Reverse the gearshift is pointing...
• Re: shifty sponge..
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jul 1995 14:49:36 -0300
  ...The 8 foot long shift rod under my bus had rusted away to a strand of metal, enough to pull into 2nd but crumpled...
• Re: Transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:21:38 -0700
  Did you hit a puddle? Wetting the linkage can make shifting much easier, if your linkage is not properly lubricated. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message...
• Re: Need help adjusting gear shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 5 Jun 2018 19:04:09 -0700
  how old is the plastic assembly on the bottom of the shift lever?... too old? mine is due after 10 years... replace it and...
• AT shifter console parts
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:47:03 -0500
  ...On the shifter console there is this flexible plastic material that covers the slot that the lever moves in. Most of mine is missing...
• Vanagon stick shift
  Historical mailing list - The Martins
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 21:19:48 -0600
  The stick shift on my 85 vanagon lies to the far right when in neutral, making first and second feel near the left limit...
• Re: Vanagon Short Shift Kit
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:46:17 -0700
  "Bob, Did you get the shift extension??" Yes John, I did. I gave it away to someone who wanted one later on. It just...
• Objet : Redline MTL
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Gallant
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:45:03 -0500
  ...I change my oil and the rubbers that are covering the articulations of the gear shift linkage (near the transmission) and it is a...
• Re: nice shift knob
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 18 Aug 2025 22:38:23 -0400
  ...https://vintageacp.com/collections/bus/products/vanagon-shift-knobs > > It fits 14mm shift rods. Note that it does not show a shift pattern, just...
• Re: Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Feussner
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:11:44 +0100
  ...The shifter bar only fits in one position. Raimund -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE> An: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Friday OT...automatic trannys and driving habits observed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:32:27 -0800
  ...what I really like is the one button shifting, right on the side of the console mounted shift lever, on my turbo 740 volvo...
• Re: Delrin for Shift Linkage Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:53:58 -0800
  ...Mark neil n wrote: > Hi all. > > Has anyone used Delrin (Delrin AF or Delrin 500AF?) to replace the > shift linkage bushing above the fuel...
• Re: Manually shifting an auto-tranny
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:49:35 -0700
  ...Also the shift lever doesn't seem to be made for constant use, like a stick shift. Probably the linkages could break after awhile...
• clutch or transmission? PLEASE HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 23:34:02 -0800
  my 82 diesel has been shifting very strangely the last few days, here are the symptoms: It is hard to shift into 1st and...