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• shift linkage, 81 aircooled help!
  Historical mailing list - ed maikranz
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:58:02 -0800
  ...Having shifter trouble in my 81 Aircooled. The lever on the side of the tranny, the one with the two plastic balls on it...
• 4 speed hard to shift when warm
  Historical mailing list - Alan
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:20:42 -0800
  Anyone have an idea why this happens? Is it a sign the trans is on its way out? My 84 GL 4 speed shifts...
• Re: Automatic transmission, WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:54:00 -0700
  ...by putting the shift lever at > the "R" position, your vehicle will now go in reverse. No longer will > you have to get out...
• Re: Need help adjusting gear shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Tue, 5 Jun 2018 22:20:06 -0500
  ...I’m wondering if the problem has to do with the length of the shift rod, based on the exposed splines I’m seeing...
• Re: looking for explanation why shifting into third gear grinds when fluid warms up
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:44:11 -0800
  ...I was told it was a worn shift linkage piece that was NLA for 80-82 vans. I recall Ken Wilford of Vanagain recently...
• Low frequency rumble when stopped
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 07:48:21 -0500
  ...Come to a light, step on the clutch without shifting into neutral and the noise starts again, sometimes immediately, sometimes not for a few...
• Re: Swap Entire '85 Shift Linkage into '81?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:08:17 -0800
  ...So before I start tearing into things, can I: >> >> Swap in an entire '85 shift linkage and transmission. (from shifter in >> cab to transmission...
• Re: Wont start in park?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:11:58 -0700
  it's in the shift console, under the shift lever. I recall something about a tiny Allen screw, to get the top of the...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon (Westy) shifter bush question.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 29 Aug 2014 08:32:42 -0400
  ...251 is Vanagon, 711 is shifter parts. VW part numbers actually have a logic and if you know it, nonsense part numbers jump out...
• Re: Making a Vanagon Short Shift Adapter
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:37:17 -0700
  ...Making a Vanagon Short Shift Adapter All, I'm not plugging only one vendor, but volks cafe has the shifter on there site, little...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:00:34 -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: Automatic transmission, WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:02:42 -0400
  ...You can just 'slap it' ....from 3rd to 2nd....... >>> like going into a hill. >>> Shifting back up to 3rd from 2nd - same thing, no...
• Re: Auto Trans Modified Governor Test Report [addendum]
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 23 May 2011 22:11:29 -0400
  I'm not too happy with the stock shift points either. I like to be conservative on the throttle and the thing will be...
• 5sp
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:14:46 -0800
  ...And frequent lubrication of the under-van shift linkage really makes the shifting slick! I just squirt some spray lube onto the shiftrod bushings...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:11:14 -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: starter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:22:24 -0500
  ...The switch is located under the plastic shifter housing (careful with the shifter illumination wires and bulbs) and is made up of a metal...
• Re: shifting probs. into 3rd & 4th
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:20:15 -0700
  ...Shifting from 2nd to 3rd as well as from 3rd to 4th there is some = grinding with the clutch fully depressed while driving.=20...
• shifting problem with 89 Westy 4 speed
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 20:55:54 EST
  ...I would reach a stop sign and found that shifting into first was very difficult. The gearshift felt like it was hitting an obstruction...
• Re: linkage lube and washer check valve
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Wed, 25 May 2011 08:06:40 -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: My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd gear
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:43:55 EST
  In a message dated 3/21/04 5:13:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, clonestar@ADELPHIA.NET writes: > My 84 has trouble shifting into...
• Auto tranny question
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:07:14 -0400
  ...At this point the trans won't shift out of first gear for about half a mile or 5 minutes then it goes on...
• Re: TIICO Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:25:02 -0800
  ...The cheap way, for those times when you really need to accelerate, is to drop the shifter back a notch then shift when you...
• Re: Question about lubing front shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:32:12 -0700
  ...Open up the shifter housing from your spare tire well and give it heck. I've forgotten who initially recommended the stuff, but I...
• Re: Buying a Van - New Question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:57:22 -0700
  On Apr 19, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > As a result, it's nearly impossible to shift...
• California Imports Bus Shift Rod Bushing Kit?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:06:34 -0800
  ...I'm replacing the center shift rod bushing on my '81 air cooled. Thanks, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:50:41 -0700
  ...Some people may just shift around > it and put the wear on their clutch instead . > >> Sure it may give you a spread in shifting...
• $#%&*!@ Shifter! Or, Zen and the Art of Hitting Reverse
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Prichard
  Sat, 22 Jul 1995 14:37:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The only gears the shifter will go into with just forward and back motion are 3rd and 4th. 1st and second require a bit...
• Re: Help ASAP, Stranded, Need clutch advise....
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 01:19:56 -0500
  As a veteran VW owner most of my driving life, I'll offer this owner tested and approved shifting technique that wil get you...
• Re: Automatic vs Manual trans. ( Friday )
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:51:32 -1000
  ...on a vanagon ..I always put it in 2nd..and when I want it to shift up ..then I move the shift lever to...
• Re: Replacement part -- shifter cable for '90 Automatic?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:57:13 -0400
  ...the shifter (gear selector) cable on my '90 Westy > > automatic (stock 3-speed) has cracked, and now my > > previously-hard-to-shift van won...
• Re: 87 Westy Syncro clutch sticking--is it fixed??
  Historical mailing list - thetrans
  Fri, 1 May 1998 22:41:28 -0400
  At 02:13 PM 4/30/98 -0400, dgibbons@presray.com (Don Gibbons) wrote: [referring to my story of a jammed shifter, etc. in...
• Re: Hanging Clutch Disc
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:17:32 -0800
  ...My cure is to turn off the engine, > horse the shifter into neutral, restart the engine, blip the throttle > several times and then USUALLY...
• Re: Calling all wood carvers/craftspeople (Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:45:50 -0800
  ...The shift handle for the Vanagon automatic transmission is a piece of plastic junk. Looks like crap, and 30 years of sun exposure turns...
• Re: transmission, final drive oil level
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:53:12 -0400
  ...Having no difficulty with shifting, I continue to fill to the bottom of the oil filler hole on all of my transmissions. I don...
• trans parts
  Historical mailing list - - Roy I. Mathers
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 18:49:06 -0800
  ...3,4 SHIFT FORK 1,2,3,4,SYNCRONIZER RINGS MAIN DRIVE BEARING 2 SHIFT FORK GUIDES FOR A 3,4 SHIFT FORK IF...
• Re: Busted Shifter? Tis the Season!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 12:24:44 -0500
  ...Busted Shifter? Tis the Season! >Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:05:33 EST > >In a message dated 1/8/02 10:13:14...
• Re: '85 1.9 manual shift
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 8 May 2012 16:19:38 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '85 1.9 manual shift Hey all, I have an 85 1.9 manual shift. I had a new...
• Re: 5 speed WBX transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 26 May 1998 20:29:53 -0700
  ...I was wondering what the shift pattern is like with one of these >trannys. Is first in the lower left like the Syncros? If...
• Can an 091 trans be installed in place of an 091/1
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 11:31:21 -0700
  ...I know the shifter is quite a bit different, but say if one had access to a complete AC van, could the trans and...
• It lives! (continued...)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 19:57:04 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Difficult to find/shift into 1st. Difficult to find/shift into 2nd. 3rd and 4th are OK, so far as I can tell. Doesn...
• Re: Going with Synthitc Gearbox Lube
  Historical mailing list - EAP
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 06:20:48 -0500
  ...Much better shifting now. Eckie Prater ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Cotsford <Piper109@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999...
• 84 vanagon transmission problem
  Historical mailing list - dturner
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 18:36:19 -0600
  I've inherited a gas 84 vanagon GL that won't shift into 1st or 2nd. Tried a new bushing kit which tightened up...
• 1st gear shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Barry Armitage
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:41:22 EDT
  I have an '89 Sycro and am having problems shifting into first gear. All the other gears are fine (I am using the low...
• Re: Nice day at the coast...but blown shift linkage.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:23:52 -0700
  Thanks much to all the folks that responded to my quest for the plastic shifter parts! Ken at Vanagain does indeed have the kit...
• Re: My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd gear
  Historical mailing list - Ron Sem
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:38:10 -0500
  ...My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd gear <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd on occasion-likes to grind...
• Re: automatic shift point adjustment was Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Tue, 10 May 2011 08:51:45 -0700
  ...If you put the pedal to floor it stays in 2nd until almost 50 mph! When it shifts into 3rd it still pulls nicely...
• Re: Goofy Manual Transmission Issue
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 5 Nov 2003 02:46:52 -0800
  ...Z --- Mark Vermillion <markvermillion@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > Hi All: > > I'm having some trouble with my '87 2wd 4 spd. > Specifically, shifting > into 4th...
• FW: reverse coast lock-up!!
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 07:30:51 -0800
  ...I find the gear > shifter a little stiff in attempting to shift to neutral after the > occourance. Could it be the diffs? As long...
• Whining trans/buzzing through shift knob
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 07:19:47 -0700
  ...It seems to shift fine, although 2nd gear could be better. I tend to shift slowly and try to match revs, so this doesn...
• Re: stuck in fourth gear
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:26:44 -0700
  ...All the bucking , I think, has caused > the shift mechinism to get out of adjustment. The shifter would move all > over the place when...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: syncro - shift linkage protective pipe
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:24:44 -0700
  ...I did have some shifting issues last year, when driving in slush and snow and dropping temps. Build up of ice on shift rod...
• Shifted to Death
  Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 20:54:15 -0600
  ...I thought it may have been a shifter problem but I lubed the linkage and dry shifting seems easy to do. Once I was...
• Re: Shifter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Thu, 14 May 2009 16:52:31 -0600
  ...It is called shifterkit1 and it is $99. > I have used this kit to rebuild the Vanagon shifter many times. I also > have some...
• Re: finding gears
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:55:59 -0700
  Have you at least checked that the two screws or nuts under the shift boot inside the van are tight ?? that is *one place...
• Re: Carat: Manual vs Automatic
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 21:08:35 -0800
  ...Previously I always had manual busses, and 1 stick-shift '81 aircooled westy. I enjoy the control and feel that a manual tranny gives...
• eurovan shifter busted
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 25 May 2010 20:14:12 -0700
  ...Just like in a vanagon, the shifter has 'fallen down' about 6 inches. i can't seem to figure out what is missing / broken...
• Re: Gearshift lever broken, looking for replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:21:19 -0500
  ...This is the full shifter with all bushings installed, ready to drop in. It has the plate that mounts to the floor on it...
• Re: First car, 85 weekender - problems w/1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:57:35 EDT
  In a message dated 8/12/02 4:23:33 AM, seraphim@GCI.NET writes: >The mechanics say the shifting is fine, and I...
• Re: Stuck in gear
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sat, 6 Jun 1998 08:38:06 -0800
  frank brand wrote: > > While driving my '89 Vanagon today, as I pulled away from a stop and > shifted into third gear, the trans got...
• Re: Anybody up for the UK quick shift kit at about $55 plus shipping?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Schreiber
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:52:20 -0500
  ...Anybody up for the UK quick shift kit at about $55 plus shipping? > Haven't figured out shipping but it can't be that...