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• Re: Shift linkage? 84 manual transmission
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:21:02 -0700
  ...Especially in regards to selecting the reverse gear. Re: reverse gear. Though your bus has a 5 speed, my GUESS is that similar to...
• Strobing Reverse Lights -- bright light
  Historical mailing list - Captain Ray Nemo
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 21:32:45 -0800
  ...I installed white flashing strobes in my reverse lights. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com
• Re: 87 w/ no reverse lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 May 2002 21:56:58 -0500
  Ned wrote: > anyone know exactly where the reverse light switch is on the manual > transmission? I have no lights and suspect the switch is...
• 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: Brake locks up in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 May 2012 19:11:59 -0700
  ...Brake locks up in reverse >>> >>> Hi to all, >>> I have no idea why, but when I put it in reverse it soon locks up...
• '84 transmission trouble
  Historical mailing list - Alan Yamada
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 15:11:23 -0700
  i've got an '84 van with the four speed transmission (224,000km) which made a big "clunk" when i put it in reverse...
• Re: ... and onto the next thing ...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 15:15:33 -0700
  ...That should make the reverse lights come on if the problem is the switch. Of course the key needs to be on for the...
• Re: Reverse Lights not working - 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 01:05:31 -0400
  ...Pull the connector and check for continuity between the two pins when the van is in reverse (of course the engine should be off...
• Re: Reverse lights - '85 GL Manual
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:25:02 -0700
  ...The reverse lights work on this van but once you > put the vehicle in reverse once they stay on and will not turn off...
• Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 12 May 2006 17:27:37 -0400
  ...Well, there are two wires that slide onto a couple tabs on the transmission for the reverse lights. Since hooking the wires back up...
• Can't get it in gear
  Historical mailing list - Eddie Nelson
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:58:03 -0800
  Well, I'm having a bit of a problem with reverse. Over the last month or so get the van in first and second...
• Re: reverse power steering
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 18:21:52 -0400
  ...By using a reverse direction PS pump I can get the belt to zig zag through the pulleys and reduce the idlers. Myron
• Reverse lights - not working
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:04:45 -0700
  My reverse lights don't work . . have an automatic . . when they were 'going out' used to be able to move the 'shifter' just right...
• Re: Manual Tranny, funky Reverse Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:39:17 +0000
  Also, I will add that when re-built tranny was installed, function of Reverse Light was fine as witnessed by my mechanic as I...
• Update on the New Engine Timing Issue..
  Historical mailing list - Firstname Lastname
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:26:51 -0400
  ...is it possible that i reversed the injector plugs? I looked at the wiring in the bentley.. but all of the wires going to...
• Solution: poor shifting! 8o)
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:21:18 -0700
  ...To find the gear you had to push down as if going into Reverse, but not move all the way left into reverse. What...
• loud transmission clanging in reverse?????
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 09:22:39 -0600
  ...then when i put it in reverse, the van bucks/lurches while i am trying to back up and the transmission is ringing/clanging...
• poor shifting when engine running 79 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Apr 1996 22:36:39 -0500 (EST)
  ...I can't get the bus into reverse unless I start it in reverse and the clutch in. Does this sound familiar to anyone...
• Automatic transmission reverse slipping?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:53:30 -0700
  One of my vans with an A/T is slipping but only in reverse, typically when there is a load on the vehicle (i...
• reverse light woes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Mar 1990 10:40:31 -0500
  well im three weeks overdue on my inspection, so id better get my reverse lights to work this weekend. Checked the switch by shorting...
• Re: Brake locks up in reverse
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Tue, 22 May 2012 16:18:01 -0700
  ...Brake locks up in reverse >> >> Hi to all, >> I have no idea why, but when I put it in reverse it soon locks up...
• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question, update
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:40:11 -0400
  ...Will it work if you do not use reverse first? Could be the reverse >piston was replaced with an incorrect one, no bleed valve...
• Re: Solar Panel "Battery Saver"
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 26 May 2001 12:38:31 -0500
  ...In absolute darkness, I think the reverse path (from the battery to the photovoltaic cell) is near infinity - hence an open circuit. But what...
• Crazy BRIGHT(!!) reverse lights
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:06:59 -0400
  So, sick of not being able to see what's behind me, I set out on a quest for the "last word" in reverse...
• reverse light switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:23:21 -0400
  I'm looking to replace the reverse light switch in my 1990 - my FLAPS doesn't have the switch that came out of my...
• Re: 85 Westfalia beeping
  Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
  Tue, 29 May 2001 21:06:40 -0700
  Hi..I have an 83 diesel and he beeps in reverse...my neighbors really just love it...don't know if they all come...
• Re: ...simply reverse the procedure to reassemble...
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:47:56 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: ...simply reverse the procedure to reassemble... < https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BEDE66YvVIeYZ7w-SoTA1NMTjNZETYmyPJy0li ipFm0?feat=directlink > Angus
• Re: Transmission Main Shaft! Help
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 19:23:44 EST
  OK..the reverse gear needs to come badk until it almost hits the gear carrier..AND you need to have the carrier turned so...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:04:22 -0700
  The five speed shares the lock out with reverse . It is the same push over hard to get it in to 1st as reverse...
• Re: Manual Tranny, funky Reverse Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:29:49 +0000
  ...The problem is the Reverse Light Switch.  It has a "hair trigger"...meaning, you barely touch the plunger and the reverse lights activate.  I...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:41:52 -0500
  ...Now the old van will NOT allow me >> to find reverse, first or second gears. >> >> Suggestions please - be kind. >> >> Regards >> Peter Marsh >> Naples FL...
• Re: 85 GL dead at end of driveway - can we tow it in reverse?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 10:27:40 -0800
  ...re IF I put it in neutral, can we tow it up the driveway with our truck (it will be towing in reverse)? Or...
• Manual Tranny, funky Reverse Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 29 Mar 2022 22:34:11 +0000
  ...The problem is the Reverse Light Switch.  It has a "hair trigger"...meaning, you barely touch the plunger and the reverse lights activate.  I...
• '82 clutch capers
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:08:42 -0800
  ...b) just today, i had the clutch to the floor and was in reverse, waiting for some traffic to move, when the clutch seemed...
• 90 GL - chattering in reverse
  Historical mailing list - jay m.
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 17:40:31 -0800
  ...So I noticed twice today that I was getting some pretty serious chattering/stuttering when I tried to drive in reverse. No problems moving...
• Re: Brake locks up in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 May 2012 16:50:43 -0700
  ...Brake locks up in reverse >>> >>> Hi to all, >>> I have no idea why, but when I put it in reverse it soon locks up...
• Re: Brake locks up in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 May 2012 16:50:43 -0700
  ...Brake locks up in reverse >>> >>> Hi to all, >>> I have no idea why, but when I put it in reverse it soon locks up...
• Re: best mod for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 06:14:52 -0800
  ...Yes, 1st in the 5-speed is down from > reverse. Original 5-speeds came with different linkage so you could go easily > from 1st...
• Re: Brake locks up in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 May 2012 00:05:01 -0400
  ...Brake locks up in reverse >>> >>> Hi to all, >>> I have no idea why, but when I put it in reverse it soon locks up...
• Re: Poor shifting in '71 bus
  Historical mailing list - Sideshow Bob
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 17:29:08 -0400 (EDT)
  ...talk really nicely [read 'curse violently'] to your reverse gear while pushing your van backwards. go out to drive it one day and discover...
• Re: FW: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:14:12 +1200
  >Flipping the axleshafts end-for-end *will* reverse their direction of >rotation. (Whether that will help them last longer, I do not know.) Of...
• Re: will this engine work in my bus??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:30:26 EDT
  ...Don't know about the fuel mileage though, could be a > guzzler. > > reverse.. who needs reverse..as long as i can go forward with...
• Re: reverse light wire (color?)
  Historical mailing list - Arlen
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 07:43:17 -0700
  ...Arlen Milwaukie ---------------------------------------------- dave bowers wrote: > Hey Folks, > > I would like to tap into my reverse light wire in the back of my van, and...
• Duh! What gear we in?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:27:26 -0500
  ...I get in my 83 Westy and crank her up, buckle up to stop the screeching seat belt and shift into reverse ......... No Reverse...
• Trans ?, No Rev, HELP needed!
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 10:39:07 -0700 (PDT)
  Hello one & all; My 86' Westy decided it doesn't like to shift into reverse anymore. I've only had this baby (my 1st...
• Re: Limited Vanagon content: using reverse running transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 19:08:24 -0600
  ...The strait cut reverse gear >could care less which way it turns, but I think helical gears are >directional. Any thoughts on this? The...
• Re: Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:43:03 -0500
  ...Additionally, I welded a small point onto it so it gets nearer to the ball of the reverse-switch. Now the reverse lights work...
• Re: Brake locks up in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 May 2012 06:50:08 -0400
  ...Brake locks up in reverse Hi to all, I have no idea why, but when I put it in reverse it soon locks up...
• Re: Reversed mirrors!
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 16:26:43 -0500
  I reversed mine (put an extra passenger side on my driver's side) when my driver's side broke off. It sits perfectly horiaontally...
• Blinking Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 17:59:22 -0500
  ...The reverse lights like to flash on their own, regardless of what gear it is in. I replaced the transaxle this summer. Is it...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:47:07 -0800
  ...Now the old van will NOT allow me to find reverse, first or second gears. > > Suggestions please - be kind. > > Regards > Peter Marsh > Naples FL...
• Re: Beefed up Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 23 May 2000 12:43:26 EDT
  ...The exhuast flanges need to be reversed- the WBX exhaust bolt pattern is reversed from the T1 engine. If you have AC, the end...
• Re: reverse osmosis
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 19:46:18 +1200
  >Funny how I could be using, practically every day, a product produced by a >process that someone claims does not exist! > >Reverse osmosis is...
• Back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Tue, 29 Oct 2013 23:26:24 -0700
  ...engine off (ignition on), gear in reverse - lights work 2. engine on, gear in reverse - lights work 3. begin to back up, within 10...
• Re: transmisson swap
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 16:18:12 +1300
  ...Evan if it is, do you really want 1 forward & 5 reverse gears? -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand 64 (3) 473-8863 <andrew.grebneff...
• RE: More songs for da trip....
  Historical mailing list - Jon Ulrig
  Fri, 16 Sep 94 10:16:08 PDT
  ...I now have working reverse lights again, thanks to a post stating that the reverse lights connect to the 12V side of the coil...
• 91 Westy - Mysterious Clutch/Transmission Problem
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Sat, 2 May 2015 08:21:20 -0700
  ...He thought the problem was most likely a failure in the clutch hydraulics that was preventing the clutch from completely disengaging (and since reverse...
• Re: push start
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:14:20 -0500
  >I've also heard that you're >not supposed to bump start vanagons in reverse. Has anyone else heard this?? >What difference could it...
• Re: Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Tue, 2 Nov 2004 21:57:20 +0100
  ...Reverse Lights > Hi All, > My reverse lights are not working even though I replaced the > transmission switch with a known good one from the...
• Re: no reverse ( and archive search isn't working right now)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 4 May 2007 09:22:39 -0700
  ...It;s very strange, 1st and 2nd gear are where reverse used to > be - you have to push down to get these gears. 3rd...