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• Re: badly rusted mystery part
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:04:05 -0800
  ...On 12/11/07, Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote: > The shift linkage change does not follow years, it follows transmission > types. The way...
• difficulty shifting
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 4 Oct 2017 17:32:26 -0700
  ...I discovered that if I shifted very slowly, hesitating a split second at the neutral point, and made sure to push the clutch pedal...
• ICE PROBLEMS ('86 Syncro Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 13:57:36 -0800
  ...Almost from the start, the gear shift lever was stiff. After 100 km shifting was almost impossible. This morning, I crawled underneath and found...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 11 May 2016 17:24:17 -0400
  ...I would warm it up and drive it around gently at low speed with the shifter in "2" to get the tranny up to...
• Re: Question about lubing front shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Jim Stout
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:15:02 -0500
  ...Question about lubing front shift linkage Blast it with the almost unbelievably terrific "Fluid Film"! The lanolin-based lubricant is slippery, viscous and rubber...
• EV Automatics, "EV Needs a home"
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Dec 1995 21:42:25 -0500
  ...they shift when they should and are recommended for towing! OK, the dogs invariably bump the shifter into N when they move from back...
• Shift kit Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Mon, 26 May 1997 22:58:20 +0200
  ...I had in mind about a Gene Berg shift kit to a vanagon. Browsing through the archives, I found some good hints of mounting...
• Re: Shifting into 1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 12:35:53 -0700
  I always thought the shift linkage was an anti-theft device. I can't imagine some punk jumping into my van, hooking reverse, then...
• Shifter housing...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 00:07:36 -0800
  Greetings all, I'm interested in mounting a couple of drink holders on the AT shifter housing of my '91. I suspect most of...
• Re: Shifter extension
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 27 May 2003 15:18:18 EDT
  ...Scroll down the left side until you find "shifter extensions" I've seen them in action on Phil's Westy down in FLA. Nifty...
• Re: Anybody up for the UK quick shift kit at about $55 plus shipping?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 04:57:26 EST
  ...Are you going to keep us all in suspense? BenT Shifter
• Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:07:02 -0700
  ...they will only make a crunch , when really bad, on shifts. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Buese" <tombuese@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Vanagon tranny question regarding 3rd gear grind on manual tranny
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:17:07 -0400
  ...I noticed my gear shift lever moving around quite a bit when letting off /stepping on the gas. If you take your van for...
• Re: .................... and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:56:37 -0700
  ...16.5 mpg on the > highway. > Otherwise pretty nice. > > my current personal van is a 4 speed... > while one has to shift it .. > advantages...
• Re: Custom Westy interior
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:37:58 -0600
  One of the consequences of installing that console up front, is relocating and shortening the shifter throw. I drove Leon's first 2.2...
• shifter working, finally
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:01:45 -0500
  The Bentley spec for adjustment (a 23mm piece of sheet metal as a spacer between the shifter arm and the reverse gate) just did...
• Re: curious shifting probs. after questionable repairs...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:19:42 -0800
  This sounds like a problem with the ball/socket section of the front gear shift lever. This is an assembly of plastic pieces and...
• gears stuck
  Historical mailing list - Nicole Constandis
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 17:01:41 -0700
  ...at first the problem seemed to be serious as the shifting was all "off" and getting into first required pushing the stick down like...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:40:44 -0700
  ...VW has used the same shift pattern, more or less, forever. If you look at various cars' shift patterns.. a few have R over...
• Re: sponge..
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jul 1995 12:58:41 -0500
  >I noticed my shift coupler was in bad shape. Maybe thats why it likes I've been doing a little preventive maint on my...
• Re: 87 Transmission Shifting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 18:27:33 -0400
  ...87 Transmission Shifting > My wife and I just purchased and 87 Vanagon GL with > 165K on it to replace our 85 Vanagon Weekender. Since...
• Re: Some minor transmission related work
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 27 May 2017 14:38:51 -0600
  On 27 May , 2017, at 10:13 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: > Trivial stuff mostly, and I've included the shift linkage fix I mentioned...
• Re: Transmission woes in PA
  Historical mailing list - Jim Lieb
  Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:33:09 -0400
  Yes, I can shift through the gears with the engine off. On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail...
• shift points
  Historical mailing list - Ed.
  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 13:28:00 EDT
  ...me any good because I dont know where the factory recomended shift and red line points are. If anyone has a clue for a...
• Re: berg shift kit
  Historical mailing list - DOUG ELLEDGE
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 08:55:40 -0800
  I'd like in on the shift kit group purchase. Preferably without the extension. I have never done this before. How does the actual...
• Shifter parts sold
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:05:52 -0400
  The shifter parts have been sold and already on their way to the post office as I type this. Thanks for the interest. Hose...
• Re: Manual alignment problem.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 17:42:36 -0700
  Just to be clear - I am not referring to the gear shift lever or the parts / mechanism found below the boot in the van...
• Re: Part needed-Selector lever
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 4 Jan 2011 19:56:36 -0800
  Might try to remove the roll pin and reverse the "cup,lever,widget" on the shift shaft. Have tightened up a few this way...
• Re: lazy...thread type on shifter knob
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:36:31 -0800
  ...lazy...thread type on shifter knob > I should get out and measure it, but anyone know off hand the thread > size/pitch on the...
• Re: Cost of Berg short shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 06:20:13 EST
  ...Cost of Berg short shift kit Doug, add my name to your list of those interested in the Berg Short shift kit. Happy New...
• Clutch Judder
  Historical mailing list - Don Bolt
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 21:16:08 -0500
  ...I did disconnect the shift rod and hung it up with the stud removed from the trans. Yes, it was the pilot shaft needle...
• Re: Calling all wood carvers/craftspeople (Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:08:41 -0800
  I liked the Eight Ball shift knobs you saw on Chebbies in olden days. Carbon fiber? That seems to be the "Pink and Charcoal...
• Re: Gears shifted
  Historical mailing list - Geordie Birch
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:53:56 -0700
  ...In fact all my gears have shifted - my 1st gear is now where > my reverse gear was. Is this easy to fix? Yes. Is...
• Re: Shifter Base repair kit (85 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:45:45 -0400
  ...I > figure other plastic components are toast too and I would hate to find out > only after taking the shifter lever and assembly apart...
• Re: Berg Short Shift Kit
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Davis
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:44:35 -0500
  ...Berg Short Shift Kit > > I installed one of these on my camper right after I got it and recommend it. > The only thing I...
• Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder replaced Finally!!! - One other question though.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 17:36:19 -0700
  ...the other is at this splined junction in the middle of the shift rods under the van .. normally that is never touched ... it affects...
• Re: Auto transmission not shifting question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:20:56 -0400
  Hi Jeff, This is a fairly new development, and I’m hoping it is just requiring us to make sure the shifter is fully...
• Re: 5 speed WBX transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Thu, 28 May 1998 07:36:59 +0200
  ...The shift pattern is as indicated below. I will look up in a local magazine to find out the ratio's if anyone is...
• Re: Lubing clutch pedal
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:39:09 -0700
  ...First of all only white grease goes on the shifter ball, the master cylinder suporters both the brakes and clutch slave cylinder. This shifter...
• Re: Glow Shift Tachometer - what shift RPM?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:51:24 -0500
  ...a specified RPM meaning it's time to shift - what should I >set the shift lights to? Spiny Norman can do pretty much whatever...
• Front shifter linkage broken--malfunctioning
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:39:12 -0500
  Yesterday, driving in the ice storm here in Atlanta, I guess i got a little rough on my shifter--when jamming the shifter into...
• Re: ShifterBootFrame.JPG
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:24:43 -0300
  Glad to see that you took to this site, but no one can see your shifter boot unless s/he "Signs In" with PW...
• Re: Duh! What gear we in?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:24:37 -0600
  ...they had a rather strange shift pattern with normal positions for 3rd and 4th switched. deploy for a couple months of heavy time in...
• Aircooled rpms and tach - recommendations.
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 15:34:54 -0800
  ...I am going by my gut reaction here; it seems like 2000rpm is getting into 'lugging' so I shift down at that speed, and...
• Re: Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:35:48 -0700
  ...I'm sure meant to 'shift' because the similar word that came out in your posting is frowned upon on the List. Cheers, BenT...
• Transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Marie Whitehead
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:13:15 -0500
  Recntly, I have found that I have to work harder shifting gears, esp. 3rd and 4th. Then today I noticed it wasn't hard...
• Re: Shift linkage repair
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 11 Aug 2019 11:23:06 -0600
  ...Shift linkage repair > > Yeah, two bolts drop the shift lever with the cup. Then you can get a 13mm socket through the hole in...
• Re: '85 1.9 manual shift
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
  Wed, 9 May 2012 07:53:40 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '85 1.9 manual shift Hey all, I have an 85 1.9 manual shift. I had a new...
• Smoooooooth Shifting
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:56:05 -0500
  ...While under the van, I had my wife shift gears (motor not running, of course), and it looked as if the linkage (normally covered...
• Re: Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:04:33 -0800
  ...I figure I reinstalled it angled down >> which lowered box on end of shift rod away from the shift lever. I >> assume this effectively...
• Re: Some shift linkage mods
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 Aug 2021 08:18:13 -0700
  ...The stainless shift part is good example. Would be very uncompetitive in the market, especially the cost conscious vanagon market. Ah well, maybe one...
• Clutch Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:48:25 -0700
  ...Everything ran smoothly until about half way home when shifting became extremely difficult. After a long run in 4th gear, downshifting to 3rd became...
• Re: Auto trans not upshifting
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:45:32 -0500
  ...I recently removed and installed it, but did nothing to it as far as adjustments go. > Could it be the shifter cable shifted? Kickdown...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:49:05 -0500
  I had a similar problem and fixed it out by rotating the spline in the shift rod. There's a throw measurement in Bentley...
• Re: Automatic transmission, WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:01:49 -0700
  ...A quick lesson from the master learnt me that the shift points are governed by the 'governor' which like the rotating governor on steam...
• Re: Does anyone have a picture for SHIFTER ASSEMBLY?
  Historical mailing list - dieselslave
  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:10:07 -0500
  ...Does anyone have a schematic for SHIFTER ASSEMBLY? I own a 1984 Vanagon 1.9 w/4 speed manual shift--I am not so...
• 1985 Vanagon - clutch is out?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Word
  Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:24:51 -0500
  ...The difficulty shifting into ANY gear! -Now cannot move van unless put in gear before you start.. -I no longer can shift any gears...
• Shifter - Lower Ball Destroyed
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:41:58 +0000
  Guys, I've had some problems shifting lately, so I pulled my shifter apart. I found the lower ball half disentigrated and since I...
• Re: 1.9 manual 4 speed linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:35:47 -0700
  ...I can enter reverse without > depressing > the shifter. Shifting to second is a new adventure every time. > Sometimes it > just won't go. I...
• Looking for some history
  Historical mailing list - Scott Quinnett
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 09:53:40 -0600
  Hi all, I had a van come back with both a broken shift assembly(at the floor where the rod pivots/hemisphere at the...