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• Re: A/T was run with low oil too long ...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:20:58 -0400
  ...The valve body directs the shifting, and this seems to be a shifting problem. The valve body is the lowest point on the transmission...
• Re: Better Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:21:59 -0600
  ...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: transmiision problem
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 10:59:41 -0700
  ...Still out but forward You should also hear the gears make an audible "clunk" as shifter moves from gear to neutral to gear. If...
• shifter bushing/boot inventory (splittie)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 22:16:16 -0500
  ...I've been rooting around my shift rod trying to figure out which parts are missing or just need to be replaced. Here's...
• 85 Shifting probs (venting)
  Historical mailing list - David J. Bohannan
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:29:49 -0500
  I just did a 120 mile round trip and at about mile 35 had the worst experience with the shifter yet.You guys know...
• Making a Vanagon Short Shift Adapter
  Historical mailing list - Steve Young
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:24:37 -0700
  ...I've been looking at the short shift kit advertised on the Volkscafe home page.http://volkscafe.com/images/1030702019.jpg has an enlargement...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:00:10 -0500
  ...Some people may just shift around >> it and put the wear on their clutch instead . >> Sure it may give you a spread in shifting...
• Re: HELP needed: Converting to Auto Trans... need neutral switch wiring
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:30:23 -0400
  ...My buddy and I harvested the engine and trans out of an 89 Vanagon GL along with the shifter, shift console, shiftrod, halfhafts (since...
• Re: what causes 3rd & 4th gear to go out?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 07:50:24 -0700
  ...Shift linkage or the internal shift rods usually get broken trying to force the thing into gear. At the same time, the slider cracks...
• Shifter hemisphere bushing
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:16:37 -0400
  Can I ask the collective If the hemisphere, a portion of the shift lever bushing has the retaining tabs to the upper springs fubar...
• Re: Poor shifting in '71 bus
  Historical mailing list - Sideshow Bob
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 17:29:08 -0400 (EDT)
  my shifter used to not feeel to good too...IT FIXED ITSELF !!!!! the procedure was as follows: talk really nicely [read 'curse violently'] to...
• 86 vanagon auto trans
  Historical mailing list - Liz Isaak
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 15:24:42 -0500
  ...doesnt shift out of first when first started,once driven and shifting occurs (after about a mile) it appears to function properly. there is...
• Re: shift lever adjustment (why?)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:12:50 -0400
  At 10:27 7/6/99 -0400, Steven Shane wrote: >Can someone please explain to my sub-simian mind why this would make >shifting...
• Re: manual to auto
  Historical mailing list - bob mendonca
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:18:31 -0800
  ...Sometimes we forget which car we're in and get ready to shift the automatic! Sharon Mendonca 88 Vanagon GL 85 Vanagon GL
• WTB--5 speed shifter rod and "box"
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 08:50:44 -0400
  ...Final plea--if anyone has got this stuff the shift stalk, the box where the stalk connects to the horizontal rod, and the front...
• Re: slow auto shifting in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:29:15 +0000
  Hi Clarance, I have a '91 MV and a '90 DoKa, both are autos and the shift time cold to hot is nearly the...
• FS: Manual transmission - shifts nice!
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:58:35 -0400
  ...drove it daily, until a rod went AWOL, says it shifted Nice and Smooth! He had it (the van) serviced regularly, at a local...
• Re: Shifter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 13 May 2009 21:06:15 -0400
  Paul, this isn't supposed to happen but this is how the front shifter fails most of the time. There is a plastic ring...
• Re: Auto tranny with hard downshift into 1
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 15:14:36 -0800
  ...The friction modifiers are different, and can cause hard shifts, or mushy shifts, if the wrong one is used. Ford formulations are generally less...
• Re: berg shift kit
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 19:37:37 -0800
  ...you just >use the plate? >I put a bug pack shift kit on my old 66 bug and wow its a speed shifter >this...
• Re: Delrin for Shift Linkage Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:49:27 -0600
  ...Split so that it would not have to be the same size as the shift linkage, it had slipped out of place for who...
• Re: simple engine RPM question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:07:23 -0500
  Since it runs around 4,000 rpm at highway speeds, I see no reason not to run it that thigh between shifts. If I...
• 87 Transmission Shifting
  Historical mailing list - Vern D. Moen
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:52:37 -0700
  ...Since the new one actually has a tach, we can now see what the engine is doing when shifting. Our question is: the PO...
• Re: red mark on metric odometer
  Historical mailing list - 86 Westfalia
  Tue, 1 May 2001 18:09:34 -0300
  Good idea, but ours is an automatic! And, 50-55km is the only speed that is highlighted, so it's probably not for shifting...
• Re: 4 speed hard to shift when warm
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:43:48 -0800
  ...4 speed hard to shift when warm > Anyone have an idea why this happens? Is it a sign the > trans is on its way...
• Syncro Shifter rattle -I'v read the archives
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 23:55:08 -0800
  ...87 syncro with rattling shifter, quite annoying. From what I read in the archives its a plastic wrap on the shifter T that wears...
• Shift lever slop & selector shaft lubrication
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sat, 6 Nov 2004 00:01:07 -0500
  I have a fair amount of left-right play in my shift lever. ('87 Westy) I've gone through all the linkages and the...
• Re: 1.9 manual 4 speed linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:02:18 -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...
• Re: Auto transmission not shifting question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Jul 2025 08:41:40 -0400
  ...Now that we are aware of the possible issue with the shifter the no shift to third seems to have stopped. But, more trips...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 12 Dec 2002 to 13 Dec 2002 - Special issue (#2002-1433)
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:02:23 -0500
  ...Here in Qu�bec, the model 4 and some 5 (LeCar) of Renault were sold with shifter coming from the dash. I think the...
• Re: Auto Trans, Shift Points etc.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:16:30 -0700
  ...Adjusting the way the throttle input (a measure of throttle position) denies the pressure signal allows you to dictate how throttle position affects shift...
• Re: Shifting question.
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:12:50 -0700
  ...Look closely at the lever that attaches the linkage to the trans and make sure the nut is tight...look forward along the shift...
• Re: Real Men/Cupholders
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sat, 16 Nov 1996 00:59:31 -0500 (EST)
  ...He keeps his cell phone in > the cup holder. > > I can just barely juggle a half cup of coffee and rassle the shifter on...
• poor shifting; Help
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 08:20:56 -0700
  My bus is getting harder and harder to shift. This morning I was not able to find first, but had to settle for second...
• Sunday Washington Post Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 10:14:42 -0500
  ...OTHER AIR-COOLEDS: '73 Super Beetle convertible, beautiful yellow, 4-spd standard shift, low mi, $7500. 301-598-9838. '73 Beetle, rebuilt 1600 engine...
• Re: Transmission -- hard to get in first
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 08:30:20 -0500
  ...Transmission -- hard to get in first >There is a much easier method for fine-tuning the shifter position: pull up >the shifter boot, and...
• Re: Shifter Part Needed
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 15:19:11 -0400
  ...In the > process of driving the van the 8 feet from the parking space to > the bay, the mechanic broke something in my shifter...
• Re: 91 shift problems
  Historical mailing list - Little Bear
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 16:52:20 -0500
  ...The easist way that I have found is to loosen up then turn a little, then shift around till it is shiftin fine then...
• Re: hard shifting question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:36:13 -0700
  ...There are also several bushings along the shift linkage where you can get a bit more breaase in on the action. Try again. Most...
• Syncro shifting?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Nizyborski
  Wed, 3 Dec 1997 17:11:53 PST
  I have a '90 syncro with no tach, and was wondering what the 'official' recommended up and down shift points for each gear are...
• Shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Keith & Lynn C.
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:51:44 -0700
  ...The book of words says there are two different dimensions for the shift linkage adjustment tool. 19 mm and 22 mm. Where do I...
• Berg Short Shift kit..
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 15:07:10 -0800
  Hiya guys, Sorry, but I'm not the one organizing the short shifter order. I just posted the info off of the geneberg website...
• Re: balky shift question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:12:20 -0500
  ...Viscous lubricants attract lots > of dirt when then makes shifting even harder than if it was bone dry. Then I > must spray with a...
• 88 2wd Manual Front Shift Rod
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:23:58 -0400
  Gentlemen, I have not checked to see how rare this part is, but a fellow, local Vanagonaut, needs this Shift Rod. He says he...
• Rattling gear shift
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 22:07:31 -0800
  ...Anyone know how to quiet the rattling gear shift lever, 87 syncro, or which post in the archives has the answer? Mike ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe...
• Re: Shifter Knob Rattle- 88GL
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:56:32 +0000
  ...Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:27:35 -0400 > >I removed my shifter knob to install new sleeving on the shaft, and >found a dab...
• Re: Some shift linkage mods
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 9 Aug 2021 12:29:02 -0300
  ...It’s getting easier now with better > machining tools and much more cnc experience. � But it’s still hobby. > The stainless shift part is...
• Re: Short shift for 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Shirewood
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 07:30:30 -0700
  ...I was just looking for some assurance that it was possible to short shift it. I won't send the kit back. Thanks Doug...
• Re: Redline MT90
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 18:17:02 -0500
  ...Just unscrew the > shift knob. ) > > use a small hammer to make minute adjustments to that plate position. > it will move left-right, fore-aft...
• I have first gear back and new clutch finally in...
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 11 May 2011 08:24:12 -0400
  Thanks for everyone's links about my problem shifting into 1st and 2nd. I noticed that the boots were missing around the shifter ball...
• Re: shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 25 May 2000 10:04:15 -0700
  No go in 1st or 2nd is kinda rare but it may be a broken shift fork...It may feel as if its going...
• Shifter Knob Rattle- 88GL
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 07:54:54 -0400
  ...In 4th gear, normal cruising Rpms(3600-4000), there's a rattle sound that comes from the shift knob. It goes away with some...
• Re: is my tranny near death?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 23:22:47 -0700
  ...You're thinking of the dreaded 3-4 slide syndrome, which causes the shifter to hang up when shifting between 3rd and 4th gears...
• Re: 4 speed shift problems
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:26:55 -0600
  ...This could be the master/slave/bearing/shift arm that controls the bearing, and pressure plate. If it is anything internal it usually lets...
• Re: new 82 vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 13:53:22 -0800
  ...it could be either clutch system, or shift linkage. More likely shift linkage actually. sure makes me think of a dry mechanism in the...
• Re: Berg short-shift for Vgon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 23 Nov 94 17:57:41 CST
  ...it makes the 2nd-3rd shift about 25 or 30 percent shorter. i don't know about quicker ... i'm a lazy shifter, but...
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:33:38 -0400
  I haven't dropped the shifter box yet. I've adjusted the shifter rod so that the lower part of the stickshift is in...
• Re: UPDATE: stuck in 4th something strange going on
  Historical mailing list - Chris
  Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:53:27 -0600
  ...Couldn't hear any strange noises from the transmission and had no problems shifting. But I couldn't go fast enough to leave 2nd...
• Re: linkage lube and washer check valve
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 24 May 2011 10:45:58 -0700
  ...Cleaned and lubed read end of shift linkage > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/vanagon-syncro-shift-linkage-rear-and-a-glance-at...
• Re: Sloppy Shifter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 06:53:02 -0500
  ...Jim On Oct 4, 2004, at 12:55 AM, James Lowe wrote: > Has anyone repaired a sloppy shifter? > > My 87 Syncro has a lot...