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• Re: Lubing clutch pedal
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 00:54:11 -0400
  ...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: Syncro Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:09:37 -0700
  ...If the engine is off, I can shift normally with the clutch engaged. I recently replaced the clutch slave cylinder, which had only minor...
• Re: Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:02:03 -0800
  ...Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting > Sounds complex.... How about I just unplug from the trans switch and add a > manual...
• Re: Better Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:26:51 -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: weird backup light problem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 5 Aug 2015 05:07:44 -0400
  The problem is with the switch on the shifter. You need to replace the switch and the contact slider piece. I have both these...
• Re: major fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:27:23 -0500
  ...Or install the shift linkage rod after the tank is already in? Or use flare fittings so a metal line could be attached to...
• Re: Shifter movement (Was RE: rebuilding shifter linkage)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:56:44 +0000
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• Shift guide boot
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:46:49 -0800
  I did maintenance on the full shift linkage for my 1982 and lubricated everything with the specified moly grease. At the transmission end I...
• Re: [T1] Shifter couplings...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 07:02:10 -0600 (CST)
  Haven't followed the thread, but JCW has "Urethane Shift Coupler Kits for $7.59 for the 68-79 and $13.95 for the...
• <gasp!> '75 bus shift selector cable needed
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 19 Aug 1996 10:29:05 CST6CDT
  ...i owe a friend a favor and am looking for the shift selector cable from a '75 Bus with the automatic tranny. it would...
• Re: Busted Shifter? Tis the Season!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:05:33 EST
  In a message dated 1/8/02 10:13:14 AM, KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes: << if you have never rebuilt your shifter then it...
• lights in auto shifter box
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:59:29 -0500
  Hello listees, Does anyone know if the lightbulbs in the interior auto tranny shifter box pull out of the black plastic pieces that they...
• Re: difficulty shifting
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 5 Oct 2017 18:47:21 +0000
  ...Have you tried simply greasing your shift rod at the friction points ?I have to apply grease at least once a year on mine...
• Re: hard to shift into 2nd
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:18:36 -0700
  ...Wrong Side the Mounting Flange that it Bolts to ~ Is the Shifter, "@ Rest" position in Neutral, All The Way to the Pass'Side in...
• Re: Busted Shifter? Tis the Season!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hinkle
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 14:36:12 -0600
  ...Busted Shifter? Tis the Season! As the cold weather encroaches across our fair nation many Vanagons are making a popping sound. It is the...
• Re: Bi-Tron oil products
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:24:05 -0800
  ...Does the Slick 50 transmission treatment give you the same >results as it was claimed for the bi-tron (smoother shifting). I have not...
• Re: Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:15:10 -0800
  ...Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting Woke up this morning and know what your problem is...The shaft has a largish...
• Re: Shift linkage question 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:52:47 -0600
  ...I am > thinking the hole that it goes into is worn out either in the shifter > cup piece or the end of the shift...
• Re: Auto trans not upshifting
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:18:55 -0400
  ...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: Shift Linkage Boot for 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:40:15 -0400
  ...http://www.bus-boys.com/shifter83.html I did find the boot in the picture finally after years of searching for it. I am...
• Re: Stick jumps to left ...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 9 May 2014 17:23:43 -0600
  ...With the shifter too low it act as if you are pushing it down past the reverse lock out. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• Re: Shift rod
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:11:38 -0800
  ...Shift rod > > >> Is it possible to set up the front half of the 91/1 shift rod and mate >> it to the rear piece...
• Re: Clutch Question
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 22:45:13 -0400
  ...Yesterday, all of a sudden, my van quit shifting.� At first it seemed to be harder to shift into 1st and then it just...
• Re: It lives! (continued...)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Montgomery
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 21:19:52 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Doesn't spew any oil (yet.) > Two problems for the type4 gurus: > Difficult to find/shift into 1st. > Difficult to find/shift into 2nd...
• Re: running rca cables to a rear-mounted subwoofer
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:58:49 -0700
  ...Then feed down through and lift shifter boot to pull through and then the rear of the carpet and on towards the rear. I...
• Timing, Redlines, and Shift Points
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 11:34:33 -0400 (EDT)
  ...What are the recommended shift points? (I am manual-less at this point) Thanks, Patrick and Utta Pfunky@aol.com
• shifting woes
  Historical mailing list - David Ruppe
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 10:32:46 -0400
  ...other gears work fine, but the shifter seems stiff, and the gears are in slightly different locations. any ideas what to look at first...
• UH-Oh!
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:04:06 +0000
  Have you been through the adjusting process for the gear shift rod and linkage?. Things along the length of that thing wear and drift...
• Re: Tiptronic
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:21:53 -0700
  Nah, changing shift points leaves you with a 3 speed 090 transmission with a non lock-up torque converter that still only gets you...
• Re: Value Of '82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:24:00 -0700
  Get the front shifter assembly and front shift rod too or you will cry later. As for feeling any guilt about being a vulture...
• Re: 4 speed shift problems
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:13:54 -0500
  From your description - valve noise and hard shifting - the simplest attempt to fix would be to change the engine oil to Mobil One 15...
• Re: Gear shifter knob thread and pitch question? (link for pics)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:58:13 -0700
  ...for example, the shift knob thread is different between 82 diesel vanagon with 4 speed and 83 with 5 speed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David...
• Re: Calling all wood carvers/craftspeople (Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:53:48 -0800
  I believe generic auto shift knobs work. I've seen them for sale by more than one of our list vendors. One particular one...
• Re: Shift Linkage Boot for 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:22:56 -0500
  ...I think I found a new shift coupler and linkage pin (that this boot goes over) but settled for good used for both of...
• Re: Vanagon tranny question regarding 3rd gear grind on manual tranny
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:22:25 -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: shifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Gilbert Landin
  Mon, 26 May 1997 12:04:24 -0500
  thanks joel, I have one of the new shifter plates and there are elongated holes for adjustments. This plate replaces the older plates that...
• Re: Redline MTL--important!
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 14:47:39 -0800
  ...When i asked if i could use MT 90 instead because i wanted more protection and did not care about improved shifting, they said...
• Re: Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:19:16 -0800
  ...Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting > Me too. Neighbor stopped by the other day to tell me the same > thing... Has...
• Re: Short Shifter Extension for big guys
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 09:33:55 -0400
  ...Short Shifter Extension for big guys > > > > I'm looking into purchasing a Gene Berg short shifter with an > extension. I > > am familiar with having...
• Re: Front shift rod installation help needed
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:15:58 -0400
  ...Ken On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:59 PM, email99@bellsouth.net <email99@bellsouth.net > wrote: > Is the Front Shift Rod reinstalled from...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 May 2011 19:19:12 -0700
  add weight to the gizmo that controls shift points? A listmember did this, was it Greg Potts? alistair On 9-May-11, at 6...
• Re: Red dots on speedo (was some other thread about fuel gauges)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:38:29 -0500
  ...My '71 Super Beetle has the same marks for the shift points and it does not have a tach in it. Andrew On Tue...
• Gear shift gasket
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 05:45:58 -0800
  ...The point where the gear shifter goes into the trans (passenger side on manual transmission) seems to keep leaking. The O-ring has been...
• Fw: Shift lever broke off in my hand
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 20:42:05 -0600
  ...www.autobahn.mb.ca/~rrh/Westy_Home.htm | On my next shift from first | to second the lever broke completely off at the plate...
• Re: Used Shifter out there?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 14 May 2004 11:21:50 EDT
  ...Get a new shifter rod or fabricate, harden and temper one. George
• Shifting is difficult after driving a distance
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:42:05 -0700
  ...all gears offer a lot of resistance. Everything underneath is tight. Shifting rod is well greased. Tranny is full of MT-90. What could...
• Hesitating automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 21:41:53 -0500
  ...Recently the transmission began hesitating when shifting from second to third. It is more pronounced when it is cooler outside (like now). After it...
• Re: Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:49:25 -0800
  ...Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting but repl you need to repl the selector > shaft assy and the problem should be...
• Re: Manual shifting very difficult.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 3 Mar 2016 03:00:28 -0600
  ...Can't shift readily. Hangs in gear, can't shift, or can't get it in gear at all. Reverse is difficult - often can...
• Re: Syncro tranny problem
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:14:09 -0700
  ...With the shifter in neutral, look at the rub/wear area on the shift rod at the tranny bushing. You should see an equal...
• Re: good junk yards in the Seattle area looking for front shift rod
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:12:10 -0700
  ...good junk yards in the Seattle area looking for front shift rod Hi guys Im looking for a front shift rod for my 1990...
• Re: berg shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Howard Dickins
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:27:33 -0000
  ...berg shift kit > From: "John P. Stoneback" <jps@CS.MORAVIAN.EDU> I am in the market for > the Berg short shift kit. Is someone...
• Re: Auto conversion to Manual?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 18 May 2007 12:55:04 -0700
  ...transmission, shifter, shiftrod, clutch parts, pedal, clutch slave/master, axles (autos have unequal lengths). Some of the parts you don't expect are things...
• Re: Shifter rebuild
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 3 Sep 2018 08:21:56 -0400
  ...I was wondering if anyone has a good suggestion for the best > > lubricant > > > to use for the gear shift lever bearing. The Bentley says...
• Drove my tranny dry - how much transmission life left?
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:58:45 -0900
  ...shifts up okay, shifting down requires double clutching. BUT it shifts up AND down when warmed up - still shifts slow, but hey! Assume synchronizers...
• Re: Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:16:15 -0800
  ...Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting > I'm wondering if sloppy shift bushings could be causing the problem. I > know that...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:01:46 -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: 4 speed/5 speed shifter
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 19 May 2010 14:40:33 -0700
  ...4 speed/5 speed shifter Hey gang, its become apparent that my low mileage 5 speed transaxle has a dead bearing and needs to...
• Re: Shifting problems how adjust linkage
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Sun, 19 Jul 1998 10:10:47 -0500
  ...In order to get my Van in first I need to push down as if going into > > reverse > > and shifting to second is also...
• 86 Vanagon - Shifting into first gear
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blair
  Fri, 1 Jan 1999 05:33:45 -0800
  ...Usually if I move the shift lever right up against the reverse detent it will go in. Sometimes I have to go so far...