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• Automatic Transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 11:18:18 -0800
  ...It shifts fine thru the gears when in "D", but I just can't move the lever down any further to "1" or "2...
• Re: sticky shifting after change to Redline
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 4 Oct 2003 16:55:13 -0700
  ...super-smoothness is >definitely gone, and the shifting is maybe stickier than it was >before. Anybody have any ideas?
• Shift shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 05:31:30 -0700
  ...The shift shaft seal is really leaking on the trans now. Have to top off the trans fluid every time I do an oil...
• Re: Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:04:51 -0800
  ...It seems the backup lights blink on > while > shifting gears and will remain on when in 3rd or 4th gear
• Re: Carbon-Fiber Shifter Console w/ VDO Gauges
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 01:10:26 EDT
  Wow! Nice job.
• Re: Compatibility of A1 Rabbit/Jetta Autocrats
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:53:31 -0500
  The detent you feel when working the shifter is actually in the transmission. When the pan is removed look up and you will see...
• Re: no GL-4 available
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 01:35:23 PDT
  ...MTL and MT-90 have cured the problem of hard shifting in numerous transmissions which have notoriously difficult shifting. The secret to their success...
• shifter kit & adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 10:34:30 -0400
  Hi all, I put my new shifter kit in this weekend. Everything went fine, although it is really a messy job if you put...
• Re: Probably a silly question, but...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:21:18 -0700
  ...Details are fuzzy but didn't seem too hard. > The clutch line and/or shifter rod runs under the gas tank I think so...
• Re: Duh! What gear we in?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:57:34 -0400
  ...they > had a rather strange shift pattern with normal positions for 3rd and > 4th switched. deploy for a couple months of heavy time in...
• Re: Shift Problem after engine install?
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 09:58:26 -0800
  ...I opted for the full rebuild ($1100...ouch!), but the thing now shifts better than it ever has. Sorry for the bummer news...maybe...
• Re: Shift Linkage Lube?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 11:43:25 -0700
  Hi, I removed the front two sections of the shift linkage from the van, bolted to yoke at front, underneath that metal box, and...
• Re: Sudden shift linkage outage
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 20 May 2018 14:49:56 -0700
  ...Gene, > > I'd look at the front linkage components, under the shift lever... - how > old is it? > > mine is about 10 years old (replace...
• loose shifter
  Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 11:55:03 -0800
  Lately, my 89 Weekender's shifter has felt kinda loose and vague. There seems to be a lot of slop between gears and getting...
• 84 Vanagon, will not shift into gear.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Watts
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 14:51:19 -0700
  My wife hopped in the van today, rolled it back out of our parking space, started it up and it would not shift into...
• Re: Part needed-Selector lever
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Jan 2011 06:19:31 -0500
  ...Part needed-Selector lever I need a vanagon shifter part, called the selector lever, part # 251711973. Anybody have one? Will take complete rear shift...
• Transmission or clutch gone
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:31:41 -0700
  ...Then it smoothed out and I went another 1/4 and tried to shift and couldn't shift.� I turned into a subdivision and...
• more on Trans mounts...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 13:33:44 EDT
  Well, I drove foo to the train station after replacing the shift coupler. Before I headed down the road I place a small wooden...
• let's see if you get it?
  Historical mailing list - DAVID T. RICHARDS
  Sun, 08 Dec 1996 08:57:44 -0500
  for some time i have been going to ask about a gear shift problem i have but dont know how to describe it but...
• !!!HELP!!! my stick shifter broke and i can't get up!!!!
  Historical mailing list - jamie
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:04:42 -0400
  ...I was shifting from second to third and BLAM the shifter broke in half near the base. luckily I was in second gear and...
• Shifter linkage on a 1.9 to 1.8 conversion.
  Historical mailing list - John Stepto
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:34:10 -0400
  ...When I put the shift linkage in it appears its too long. Is the fix simply shortening the shift rod coming from the front...
• Re: Draining the gas tank
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 26 May 2008 00:16:07 +0000
  >Get out what you can as gasoline weights around 6 lbs a gallon and > that weight will be shifting as you take it out...
• Re: A Shifty Problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 00:22:26 -0700
  ...A Shifty Problem > Charlie, I had problem shifting into first, even after the tranny way > rebuilt. I changed to Reline MT 90 synthetic tranny...
• Re: 1st gear shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Fitzgerald, Kevin
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:24:19 -0400
  ...1st gear shifting problem I have an '89 Sycro and am having problems shifting into first gear. All the other gears are fine (I...
• Re: Syncro linkage problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 20:43:08 -0400
  Daryl, Thanks for the info., I've updated a few of the shift linkage on 1986 syncros, with the rubber boots. For the life...
• Re: Shift rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - Frank Schultz
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:09:36 -0400
  ...I got an 82 still shifts sloppy and noisy sounds like a moose mating or something when I shift..(not that I really know...
• Re: Lousy automatic shifting
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 18 May 2022 23:10:25 -0500
  ...Lousy automatic shifting > > On another note, from what I can tell by reading the archives, the valve body in my 85 automatic needs a...
• Re: Transmission Question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 29 Apr 2017 16:07:09 -0700
  I'd say the shifter base mechanism is worn..
• Re: Gene Berg Short Shifter.
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 6 Sep 2001 14:37:02 -0400
  Here you go: http://www.geneberg.com/
• Re: Shifter ball boot needed!
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:16:00 -0500
  I bought mine from the Bus Depot
• Shifter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Wed, 13 May 2009 17:30:12 -0600
  Hi All, Just for the record - after dismantling the bushings and ball joint assembly on the gear shifter, for some reason the whole assembly...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:28:15 -0500
  Yes, but if you got EVERYTHING--mounts, shifter, transmission, box, stick, etc from an 83 it should be a piece of cake, right? the...
• Re: syncro driveshaft 'clunk!'
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 22:34:04 -0500
  ...If they are good, Then learn to shift more smoothly (We are all guilty of the hard shifts from time to time!). I get...
• Re: tough shifting... pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:01:50 -0800
  ...by loud >i >mean that it sounds like the shifter is just rubbing metal on metal- in >other words, it doesn't seem to...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Fri, 21 May 2010 06:59:20 -0700
  ...Manual Shifter Woes > > >> I had to replace the shifter ball on my 4-speed manual transmission >> in my >> 1991 GL. Now I can't...
• Shift linkage question 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 Oct 2014 07:20:33 -0500
  ...When I did my engine swap a month or so ago, I noticed that pin protruding and had been noticing slightly sloppier shifting. While...
• Short Shifter for 5 speed 89 Caravelle GL ( Vanagon) OZ
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mundy
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:25:06 +1100
  Hi, Years ago when I had a 72 Fastback, I had a short shifter as it was good thing for 19 year olds to...
• Re: 5 speed transmission for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 3 Sep 2001 18:23:13 +1200
  ...Marty, are you reading this? > >BenT Ben You also need an MSDS CNC-milled adaptor to bolt the 911 shifter into the T3 cockpit...
• Re: balky shift question
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:43:05 -0600
  ...Viscous lubricants attract lots of dirt when then makes shifting even harder than if it was bone dry. Then I must spray with a...
• Re: Stick jumps to left ...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Fri, 9 May 2014 21:48:44 -0700
  ...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: 1st gear shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:16:17 -0500
  ...1st gear shifting problem > > > > I have an '89 Sycro and am having problems shifting into first gear. All > the > other gears are fine (I...
• Re: Lifting 2WD Westy
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:56:48 -0600
  ...Be Argued that A Very Slight Shift in CG Might happen due to Gas in Tank & H2O in Storage Tank Shifting Fore or Aft ~
• Re: Finally got new Air Cooled/Diesel Center Shifter Bushings in stock!
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:03:06 -0600
  ...At 10:31 AM 11/17/2011, ralph meyermann wrote... > Is that to help with vague shifting? > It very much does, if your old...
• Shifter rubbing noise
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 09:18:58 -0700
  ...After a couple of weeks, it developed a rubbing noise, just below and behind the shifter, when going into second gear. As I have...
• Carbon-Fiber Shifter Console w/ VDO Gauges
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:02:38 -0700
  ...Well...Saddam's Boys took a break to worship (see my earlier post :) So I thought I'd post a photo of the Shifter...
• Re: more T5 photos..
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:43:09 -0500
  Unka Joel, Honda's and Subaru? Zut Alors! Mais non mon ami! The Citroen 2CV had the shift coming out of the dash! Ric...
• Re: R&R Transmission with winch?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:41:06 -0800
  ...Turning the input shaft while shifting will tell you that it does, in fact shift. If 3rd or 4th is very notchy or feels...
• Re: 5-speed shift linkage..
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 30 May 2017 09:52:38 -0400
  Don, I think this is the boot you seek: *https://www.vanagain.com/shop/bellows-for-5-speed-shifter-from-985-1991/ <https://www...
• Re: mechanics in Maine?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:21:51 -0800
  Joy, Try adjusting the plate that sits under the shift boot like this: -Engine off, put the shifter in the gear that is hard...
• Clutch/Shifting issue?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:24:11 -0600
  Hi Volks, 84 vanagon w/ 4 speed tranny-has always shifted well (144k) except when clutch cylinders leaked & got low on brake fluid- have...
• Re: A/T was run with low oil too long ...
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ewing
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:49:08 -0500
  ...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: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:22:35 -0700
  Does the position of your shifter appear normal, fore & aft? Perhaps if the spline joint was off, it could somehow affect second gear. Maybe...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:09:57 -0700
  ...Can't get first or second gear. > > > > I had a similar problem and fixed it out by rotating the spline in the shift > rod...
• Re: tranny suggestion Q
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 13:14:27 -0400
  ...As the shifter bushings wear, the shift selector shaft does not get pushed in quite far enough to line up with the 1st gear...
• Re: Transaxle Trouble 3rd & 4th - Away from Home
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 23 May 2009 18:55:54 -0700
  ...Seldom is there a shifter issue with those symptoms unfortunately.. Call me anytime for emergencys stuff like this..any of you... Daryl of AA...
• FW: Clicking sound from manual shifter
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:06:46 -0400
  ...Clicking sound from manual shifter List members have complained about this problem for quite some time and to date as far as I know...
• '90 Westy 2nd gear
  Historical mailing list - Michael David Korsak
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 19:50:24 -0400
  Hey everybody, With the cold weather we've been having here in central PA, i've noticed some really hard shifting into 2nd gear...
• Hard to shift into first gear after warmed up
  Historical mailing list - Tim Fong
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 02:36:47 EDT
  ...Thought it might be the linkage needed greasing, but shifts fine into 3rd and 4th. Time for a transmission rebuild at 80k mileage, replace...
• Tanny question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 13:43:04 -0700
  ...As I recall, it shifted well when I pulled it, but I'm not quite happy with how it feels when shifting into second...
• Re: AT Illumination and cupholders
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 23:02:13 -0400
  Cool solution for the shifter light. H�ctor