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• Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:24:06 -0800
  ...yesterday removing all of the > linkage parts. It was a bit troublesome disconnecting the front and rear > shifter rod sections but I managed to...
• Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:20:16 +0000
  ...yesterday removing all of the linkage parts. It was a bit troublesome disconnecting the front and rear shifter rod sections but I managed to...
• Re: hard to shift into 2nd
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:13:08 +0000
  ...hi all, on my 88 2WD Carat I have mechanic put in a new clutch slave cylinder, a new rear shift linkage, the front...
• Re: shift linkage rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 10:35:49 -0700
  Bret, there are three wear areas of the linkage that can be involved in this problem. Near the center of the long shift rod...
• Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 05:43:43 +0000
  ...Of course, this also >affects "shiftability". The little tabs can only be replaced by replacing >the front rod; that improved my shifting (as did...
• 91 shift problems
  Historical mailing list - Kw
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 14:40:45 -0700
  ...the shift rod bushing near the tranny. I know someone out there has seen this before. Please tell me it the linkage and not...
• Re: Shift Linkage Boot for 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Tanner
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:11:26 -0400
  ...it fits? Kind of like this one, eh? > > > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_249_332/shift_rod_bushing_boot2_required.html >
• 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: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:58:21 -0500
  ...yesterday removing all of the linkage parts. It was a bit troublesome disconnecting the front and rear shifter rod sections but I managed to...
• Re: Syncro linkage problem
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:06:34 -0700
  ...With > the shifter in neutral, look at the rub/wear area on the shift rod at > the tranny bushing. You should see an equal...
• Re: Sudden Shifting Difficultys
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:18:37 -0700
  Get this! I dropped the spare tire, grabbed the shift linkage assembly and shook it side to side(about 1.5" of play) Got...
• Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:04:42 +0000
  ...yesterday removing all of the linkage parts. It was a bit troublesome disconnecting the front and rear shifter rod sections but I managed to...
• Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:04:45 -0800
  ...yesterday removing all of the linkage parts. It was a bit troublesome disconnecting the front and rear shifter rod sections but I managed to...
• Re: Syncro linkage problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 20:43:08 -0400
  Daryl, Thanks for the info., I've updated a few of the shift linkage on 1986 syncros, with the rubber boots. For the life...
• Re: major fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:27:23 -0500
  ...Or install the shift linkage rod after the tank is already in? Or use flare fittings so a metal line could be attached to...
• Re: urgent "shifting problem" - need advice
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:43:12 -0700
  ...shift lever and linkage that could be causing this. A simple test would be to remove the 2 bolts that hold the shift rod...
• Vanagon Shifter Rattle
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Sun, 28 Aug 1994 09:41:49 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The source of the noise <<seems>> to be in the vicinity of the linkage of the shift lever to the shift rod that runs...
• Shift Rod Bushing Boots- necessary...?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:10:57 -0400
  In looking over the transmission, all the boots on my shift linkage are torn to shreds. I'm wondering if these are a necessary...
• Re: Gearshift lube job
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 08:03:11 -0800
  ...of the shift rod is a main reason for hard shifting. I don't know much about the later style shift linkage- it was...
• Re: Smoooooooth Shifting
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Dec 1995 00:15:21 -0600 (CST)
  ...but the linkage still looked clean and greasy. There are two bolts >that hold a bracket through which the shift rod passes. Removing the...
• Re: Manual alignment problem.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:46:08 -0700
  So your van was shifting ok, then you tweaked a part in the linkage? Which part? Was it only the shift plate? Have your...
• Re: tranny boots...
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 04:31:58 -0800
  ...boots that cover the shifter linkage at the tranny? >>> My '90 has three of them - two on the shift rod on either side of...
• Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:16:52 +0000
  ...yesterday removing all of the linkage parts. It was a bit troublesome disconnecting the front and rear shifter rod sections but I managed to...
• Re: I'm about to give up...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:21:01 -0800
  What year is it? The waterboxer type linkage can be reinstalled wrong at the tranny end. The plates that sandwich the shifter guide bushing...
• Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 15 Feb 2025 09:41:59 -0800
  ...yesterday removing all of the linkage parts. It was a bit troublesome disconnecting the front and rear shifter rod sections but I managed to...
• Re: Diesel shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:44:57 -0800
  The rear shift rod for 82 came 2 ways. Same rod but different shapes. Diesels have the tranny tipped up very high at the...
• finding a part number for Shift linkage 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:14:04 -0500
  ...my part seems i broke a part under my Gearshift lever/Shift rod.. Its called a Upper Ball half.. any leads cool and diagram...
• Re: shift linkage concept question
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lin
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 06:58:13 -0800
  ...linkage is > as far forward as possible (at the tranny clamp/linkage support plate) > altho I can't be certain the lever/shift rod...
• Re: shift linkage concept question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 05:56:35 -0800
  ...linkage is > as far forward as possible (at the tranny clamp/linkage support plate) > altho I can't be certain the lever/shift rod...
• Re: Syncro tranny problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:46:51 -0700
  ...With the shifter in neutral, look at the rub/wear area on the shift rod at the tranny bushing. You should see an equal...
• was: I'm lazy now: fixed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 2 May 2006 13:19:11 -0400
  ...I did the 2nd option, of adjusting the linkage rod one spline. The list comes through again. On May 2, 2006, at 6:54...
• Re: Shift Linkage Boot for 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - AD Felder
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:48:13 -0700
  ...Shift Linkage Boot for 1982 Diesel Westy To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 7:23 PM On Wed, Apr 15...
• Re: Shift Rod Bushing Boots- necessary...?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:26:29 -0400
  At 06:10 PM 3/23/2009, Jim Johnston wrote... >In looking over the transmission, all the boots on my shift linkage >are torn...
• Re: Shift linkage? 84 manual transmission
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:21:02 -0700
  ...the shift rod end while a helper moves the shifter through all the gears. Doing so helped me better understand how the linkage works...
• Re: transmission shifting
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:11:51 -0400
  ...1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem? I > > haven't dropped the shifter box yet. I've adjusted the shifter rod so > > tha...
• Re: syncro - shift linkage protective pipe
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:51:46 -0700
  believe me, it has to help in keeping slush and ice from forming on shift rod. alistair On 16-Sep-10, at 1:25...
• Re: shift linkage boots
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Carolsfeld
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:15:42 -0700
  ...a little extra grease on the linkages. They slip on over the length of the shift rods so are a bit awkward. I seem...
• Re: Manual shifting very difficult.
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:23:52 -1000
  ...an example..I worked over the shift linkage on a 84 Westy until I'm SURE it was shifting as nicely as it did...
• Re: transmission shifting
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:42:52 -0700
  ...1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem? I > > haven't dropped the shifter box yet. I've adjusted the shifter rod so > > tha...
• Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:20:19 -0700
  ...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the front shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
• Re: linkage woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:35:37 -0700
  ...Remove cover over bottom of shifter. Loosen clamp on shift rod so that the selector lever can move easily. Press bottom of shifter to...
• Shift buzz
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:01:15 -0700
  ...There are new front and rear bushing for the front and rear shift rods. I've tried the gear shift lever/linkage adjustment described...
• Re: Adjusting shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 22:32:20 -0400
  Assuming your transmissions still has the later style cup and spring on the shift rod the lever should always want to rest in the...
• Re: Manual tranny 3rd gear jumpout
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 2 Mar 2016 16:01:15 -0800
  ...Has one of the most odd shift linkage imaginable..... Front engine, rear transmission, torque tube to connect em, and right on top of the...
• Smoooooooth Shifting
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:56:05 -0500
  ...but the linkage still looked clean and greasy. There are two bolts that hold a bracket through which the shift rod passes. Removing the...
• Re: Manual Shifter Woes
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 21 May 2010 14:34:12 -0500
  ...shift lever in > cab should sit when transmission in neutral. > > On my linkage, noticed some play at U joint at rear shift rod. It...
• 89 Vanagon 4spd Problem - Stuck in 3rd-
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 18:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...I crawled under the van, and worked the shift rod and linkage on the tranny to get it out of third. From there on...
• Re: transmission shifting
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:16:58 -0700
  ...1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem? I > haven't dropped the shifter box yet. I've adjusted the shifter rod so > tha...
• Re: tranny boots...
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 06:22:49 -0800
  ...boots that cover the shifter linkage at the tranny? > > My '90 has three of them - two on the shift rod on either side of...
• Re: Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:04:15 -0700
  ...shift rod works. John. This might sound far fetched, but if you had a video camera, you could record the movement of the linkage...
• Re: major fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:47:26 -0800
  ...This calls for a rather strong >> but also rather skinny arm and hand. > > Or install the shift linkage rod after the tank is already...
• Re: Shift Rod Bushing Boots- necessary...?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:18:00 -0500
  ...wrote: > In looking over the transmission, all the boots on my shift linkage are torn > to shreds. �I'm wondering if these are a...
• RE: 87: shift rod bushing modification
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 6 May 1996 09:21:17 -0700
  ...shift rod bushing modification Mark, I have an '84 and my Bentley is as old. I have lived with the rear shift rod bushing...
• Re: Shift Rod Bushing Boots- necessary...?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:25:31 -0500
  ...Regards John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jim Johnston wrote: > In looking over the transmission, all the boots on my shift linkage are torn > to...
• Re: Transmission replacement
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 10:48:12 -0800
  ...85 transmission + linkage)* * * *http://tinyurl.com/325lcdj* * * *I think ID of that part is too large for the older style shift rod but maybe...
• More broken stuff... need shift linkage parts
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:56:12 -0700
  ...that the end of the front half of the long shift rod/linkage is damaged... It has two "horns" that stick up on the...
• Re: GEAR SHIFT HOUSING ASSEMBLY
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:23:06 -0700
  ...goes into the shift linkage. It > is possible to replace this rod without rebuilding > the transmission? Does the gear shift housing just > come off...
• Re: boot: shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 21 May 1996 21:37:06 CST6CDT
  ...souunds like the dealer showed you the shift rod boot. BTW, the ball joint is available as a replacement item.... $27 or something like...
• Re: Shift Linkage Cleaning and Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 13:42:39 -0500
  ...All of the bushings that support the shifter rod do need to be cleaned and lubed, but I found that the key was the...
• Intermittently Sticks In 4th Gear 3/4 Slider Hub?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 6 May 2014 17:09:38 -0700
  ...the shift linkage is bumping up against metal. I don't feel this shifting into 2nd. Possibly the end of front shift rod hitting...