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• Re: All the gears but second
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 18:39:48 -0700
  >> >> Can't be kept secret; we all know already.
• Re: TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:52:01 -0700
  ...A recent example would be a special set of gears for an Audi V6 Tiptronic transmission. The new gears make the tranny spin the...
• Query: Type 2 Transmission Interchangability
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jul 1996 19:36:06 -0700
  ...I found a 1966 transmission complete with axle tubes and final drive gears. I want to use the '66 transmission with my old axle...
• Shifter Sticking
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:07:01 -0400
  My 84 GL has gotten very hard to shift in all gears lately. Locating gears is even more vague than usual, and once in...
• Re: Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:47:35 -0400
  ...The first thing that happens when you push the reset button is > that it moves a row of linking gears away from the counting...
• Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:32:24 -0400
  I have worked on older marine diesels that used gears to drive the OHC. I think they never took off in autos as they...
• RE: Broken Speedo
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Mar 95 18:02:26 PST
  ...There may be a chance these cars share some exactly same gears inside their odometers. In you pick junkyards if you take a odometer...
• Re: TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:45:29 -0700
  ...TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears? Given the increasing interest in TDI conversions for Vanagons, and the demonstrated superiority of the automatic transmission :-) and the...
• Re: Frankenshifter
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:51:21 -0500
  Well -- I ground that weld down to the diameter of the shifter rod, cleaned and greased all the gearshift pivot parts, and put it...
• Re: No gears
  Historical mailing list - cesar quiros
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:17:49 -0700
  ...No gears > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > One possibility I haven't seen mentioned is the clutch plate coming > apart so the splined center...
• VANAGON TRANNY
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:22:03 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It slides into gear OK although it doesn't feel as smooth as the other gears. However, sometimes, at irregular intervals, it doesn't...
• Re: Subaru Motors Wreck Trannies?--Albins gears/mainshafts
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:34:10 +1200
  ...Albins in Australia makes a thicker mainshaft and full gearsets. The >> hears have coarser teeth and are much WIDER than stock also. Their >> reputation...
• '86 odo fix mit pix (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:06:36 -0800
  ...1) The early odo has a metal framework containing and supporting the gears and shafts while the late version uses plastic, and 2. There...
• Re: Does anyone know the part numbers for the standard and Carat vanagon jacks?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 04:23:36 -0400
  ...The A is like the one from my '84 Westy -- stamped handle, metal shield over the gears. The F has a rod handle and...
• Re: All the gears but second
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 08:30:52 -0700
  What Dennis said X2.....I've made the same mistake Miguel
• Re: '86 4-speed Westy won't move: Worn out clutch or broken transmission?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:03:28 -0800
  ...But he could drive around in the underground parking lot with occasional grinding and crunching of the gears through all the gears. Yesterday he...
• Re: 71 Poptop Oil PSI question!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Jun 1996 14:14:39 -0400
  ...wear in from the pump gears by replacing the cover so that it is perfectly flat against the gears? How about when reassembling the...
• Re: Rabbit Transmission (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 23:38:02 -0500
  ...Spider gears explode, ring or pinion gears missing teeth, diff bearings worn, etc. Otherwise, the drive gears and syncros hold up very well in...
• Trip Odometer Myth(?)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:35:04 -0700
  ...thing that happens when you push the button is that the gears disengage. So, it won't matter if it's moving or not...
• Re: Gearshift lever broken, looking for replacement
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:08:16 -0800
  ...11:56 AM, Andy Stalick <andystalick@gmail.com>wrote: > Today my gearshift lever broke off in my hand. > > None of the usual list vendors...
• Re: [Q] Decreasing gear ratio
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 17:29:30 PST
  > > I don't remember seeing this discussed anywhere, so does anyone know > if replacement gears are available for my tranny to lower the revs...
• Re: Idle Problem & Shifting Gears
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:11:31 -0400
  ...ha! The Van is running great again! Idle is smooth & it got its power again when shifting gears. So, if you experience similar symptoms...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 16:41:13 -0700
  ...That means the driver must match engine rpm to transmission input shaft speed in order to change gears or the gears will simply grind...
• Troubled with my Westy 1988 clutch slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 1 Jun 2017 17:42:50 -0400
  ...Hard to shift into gears after sitting at a stop light in town with the manual tranny in 1st gear then others gears as...
• gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 20:19:15 -0500
  ...I have always used the gears to slow down and I'm not sure how it helps to just use the clutch and brake...
• Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Tue, 31 May 2011 22:08:51 -0400
  ...Seems that with the motor running makes it not want to go into any gears and the motor off goes easily into all the...
• Re: '56 Kombi update: DMV/clutch
  Historical mailing list
  4 Nov 94 11:47
  ...Coz the clutch it engaged when you start it, the gears in the tranny are turning and "dragging" the final drive gears round a...
• 83.5 Trans grinds into reverse?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Reeves
  Sat, 6 Sep 1997 00:48:58 -0400
  ...The forward gears all work fine upshifting and downshifting. Is this reverse grind normal? Or has anyone else suffered this problem and has an...
• Re: your opinion please - part 2
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 6 Jun 1999 23:01:27 -0700
  The Vanagon owners manual *specifically* warns against changing gears or depressing the clutch while the cruise control is engaged. I have not had the...
• Selecting Gears
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Dec 95 11:20:16 GMT
  ...Its not just it won't select reverse but all the gears are a struggle to select. I think it something to do with...
• Re: transmission problem - resolved
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 05:04:21 -0600
  ...I lost 1st & 2nd gears with no warning. The shop said that (as I had observed) everything feels & sounds good but no 1st & 2nd...
• Re: New oil pump not snug in case
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:35:22 -0300
  Thanks Bob, that is exactly where the wear is on my OE pump! Any thoughts on putting the new Schadeck gears in the old...
• Re: Cleavis pin fixed, but now....!!!!
  Historical mailing list - A Brandy Psmythe
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:10:20 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The problem is, when the motor is OFF I do not have to press the clutch pedal to switch gears. When the motor is...
• Re: Tranny Whinning in 84 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:15:44 -0400
  If the noise is load dependent and occurs in all gears it most likely is a bad pinion bearing. If the noise is more...
• Re: Gearing Calculator
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Thu, 07 Aug 1997 15:34:08 -0800
  Derek Drew wrote: > > Cool! But what I want to do is find out what size tires the factory 6.13 > gear ratio gears would...
• Re: Gearshift stuck!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 00:22:18 -0500
  ...2000 7:58 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Gearshift stuck! While fashionably cruising about in my otherwise splendid '88, I ambled...
• Re: Euro Ring & Pinions For Syncro Available
  Historical mailing list - chris weddle
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:28:38 +0000
  ...As you know, tall gears are generally stronger than crawler gears. For example, a 4.57 (7:32) is considerably stronger than a 4...
• [Q] Decreasing gear ratio
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 16:44:44 -0700
  I don't remember seeing this discussed anywhere, so does anyone know if replacement gears are available for my tranny to lower the revs...
• Re: transmission--Redline products
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 14:30:51 -0400
  Actually I would vote for a bearing(s) in the transmission, as opposed to the gears. Just my $0.02 :) Good luck! Howard On...
• Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:47:47 -0700
  Hmmmm.... Seems that engine conversions are becoming more of a religous war than tires... Happy Friday, Jeff
• Shift Rod Boot
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 07 Oct 1996 11:24:57 -0500
  The gearshift on my '81 Westy has begun making sqeaking sounds when I shift. The noise appears to be coming from the area where...
• Auto Tranny Question
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:17:09 -0800
  What is a automatic transmission with 200 000km on it worth. It shifts perfectly in all gears........ let me know, Chad
• Re: Gearshift lube job
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 08:59:46 EST
  i used regular oil on all the linkages, improved it for about 6 months and then did it again. jeff
• Re: transmission 4 speed
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:22:30 +1300
  ...These gears are welded, wider than stock and come with a larger-diameter mainshaft. The case may break, but these gears won't. About...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:04:29 -0700
  Do the Gears Grind when you attempt to shift or is it just Difficult to Find The Position? ORR ~ DeanB On 20 Feb , 2014...
• Re: Shifter problems - Will not shift in 1st, 3rd or 4th.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:02:11 -0400
  ...The problem > started a couple of day ago when I fell a hard drag shifting in > gears. Now its like there is not cluck...
• Re: Roll starting a Vanagon (manual trans only)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:49:52 EDT
  ...I would think that if a roll start is hard on a CC gear and its associated counter gears then the same would hold...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:40:44 -0700
  ...a few have R over by the top gears .. usually though ....R is by the lower gears and in most older VW's is...
• Re: transmission problem - resolved
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:10:16 -0400
  Was it only 1st and 2nd that was lost or all gears? The most common cause of losing 1st and 2nd is the pin...
• Re: I'm about to give up...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:23:24 -0800
  ...The second and the fourth gears are not going in deep enough, only get to the top of the gears and they would just...
• Re: 83.5 Trans grinds into reverse?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Sat, 6 Sep 1997 01:29:35 -0400
  ...The forward gears all > work fine upshifting and downshifting. > > Is this reverse grind normal? Or has anyone else suffered this problem and > has an...
• Re: Gear Trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:46:21 -0700
  ...If it messes up shifting into other gears, just make more small adjustments until it shifts into all gears smoothly. Synthetic oil is also...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel, work?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:22:51 -0400
  ...Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel, work? Sorry but the tabs got messed up, so the columns are not clean...
• Re: hard turning after replacing power steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:34:10 -0500
  ...Was this too tight? It has a spring, between the device that presses on the gears and the cover plate. This allows the gear...
• WTB manual tranny in/near Florida
  Historical mailing list - Phil Stanhope
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:50:02 -0700
  Please call phil at 941-809-9596 if you have a MANUAL tranny that works in ALL gears. thanks!
• Another Odometer fix
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 18:30:20 -0500
  ...remove advance gears and rod - little gears above mileage wheels by pulling out the shaft they are on. make sure gears don't fall...
• Re: What a new Air flow meter might do for you...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 03:43:15 PST
  ...After the new AFM the engine has power at lower rpms to improve the "shifting between gears" Robert _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - Gearshift Lever Bearing Assembly?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Wohlgemuth
  Sat, 28 Mar 1998 16:58:28 -0500
  FIxedd the problem myself ... the spring was not going to compress as much as I anticipated ... WOrks great....... Mike
• 84 Vanagon GL for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:16:55 EDT
  We have an 84 GL for sale. The automatic transmission will not shift into any forward gears. Make an offer. Rico
• Elephant Gears' US dealer
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:12:24 +1300
  ...3rd and 4th gears >> are reasonable easy and cheap to change ( they don't require any shaft >> replacement) I have inquired to their 3rd...