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• Re: Need Help with Syncro 5-speed Shifter Bushings
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:52:48 -0800
  ...Need Help with Syncro 5-speed Shifter Bushings >Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:38:34 -0800 > >Item number 16 is part number 251...
• Re: Overfilling transmission fluid.
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:44:30 -0400
  ...If they can arbitrarily change the fluid level just to make shifting easier, the exact level can't be all that critical. David Brodbeck...
• Re: Berg Shift Kit Group Buy [OFFICIAL UPDATE -Denied!]
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:07:23 -0800
  ...It will then become a generic short shift kit. On Tuesday, Mar 9, 2004, at 21:47 US/Pacific, Garth Woolstenhulme wrote: > Hi All...
• Re: WWUD
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:18:21 -0400
  ...It doesn't seem to be the infamous > sudden death - according to the local stealer (VW dealer) they think > the shifting forks are bent...
• Re: Cooling tin/engine mounts?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:24:42 -0800
  ...I wonder if moving the drivetrain would negatively affect the shift linkage? pic looking down on air cooled transmission front bracket: http://tinyurl.com...
• Re: Shudder problem in reverse
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:03:30 -0700
  ...Shifting is still > the same as it was > before, hard to get into first unless I really pull > the shift lever over. > Have to...
• Re: Short shift for 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:27:02 -0700
  ...If they did, the shift knob would have 2nd marked 1st, and 1st marked "L" or "G". fwiw - there are two turbodiesel syncro vans...
• Broken 84 Tranny Shift Linkage - Stuck in NC!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sackin
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 05:49:31 EDT
  ...Well long story short - the shifter linkage came out of the ball socket at the transmission. Now I'm stuck at the holiday inn...
• Re: wearing down my westy
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 07:20:35 -0800
  ...Bad syncros > cause grinding when you shift while moving. > > Before you blame the tranny, check your shift linkage for worn parts and > try adjusting...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:14:57 -0800
  ...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: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 07:04:18 -0500
  ...into 1st gear by shifting the gear shift lever > closer to the reverse position - far left? If so the shift rod / lever / > linkage is...
• Re: Shift Problem after engine install?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 11 Jan 95 14:47:40 CST
  ...My problem is in 1st. >They tell me that it might be bushings in the shift linkage, the clutch >thrust bearing, or the slave...
• Re: I'm lazy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 May 2006 06:54:35 -0400
  First attempt, loosen the shifter bracket on the trans, push towards the trans and tighten. This usually helps. If not, then you need to...
• Re: need to "See the light"
  Historical mailing list - Mark S. Pinkstone
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 15:44:15 -0500
  ...cover from the automatic transmission shift console, you'll find two tiny, tiny lamps that move with the shifter. Mine are also blown out...
• Re: stupid cup holder question--where to attach
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:24:06 -0300
  ...M On 26 Aug 2002 at 9:10, Timothy Hannink wrote: > I have two mounted on the heater duct in front of the > shifter...
• Re: berg shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:19:13 -0500
  Count me on a kit without an extension(I already have one). Love the PayPal idea.
• Re: Shifting issue
  Historical mailing list - wognacious
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:21:47 -0700
  So if this is the case we're talking rebuilding the tranny or get a replacement, correct?
• Re: Poor shifting in '71 bus
  Historical mailing list - Sideshow Bob
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 18:01:33 -0400 (EDT)
  ...how's your clutch? i tightened mine a little and fixed the 'thunk' > > > >my shifter used to not feeel to good too...IT FIXED...
• Re: simple engine RPM question--need shifting advice
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:36:26 -0500
  ...simple engine RPM question-need shifting advice > > German engines are made to hug the redline, at 3500, you're a long way > off. Besides...
• Re: [South Carolina Trip] or why I love my Vanagon/Westy
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:48:07 +0100
  ...HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - our van shifts beautifully now (although I do have to push the shifter down to get it into 1st - must look at...
• Reverse lights working, after years of grime
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:14:13 -0700
  Yeah, had to remove the carpet, to remove the AT 'shift' cover, then remove the white contact housing, clean off grime with syn steel...
• Snake Oil! Wurth it!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:44:58 -0800
  ...I used it on all my shift linkage and also the moving parts and bushings of the suspension and steering...Wow! What an improvement...
• FW: berg shift kit (Lets get organized)
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 23:49:45 -0800
  ...berg shift kit > >> > >> I am in the market for the Berg short shift kit. Is someone > >> planning to do a group purchase? > >> > >> John > >> > >> '89...
• 85 shifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Sun, 29 Sep 1996 19:10:11 -0700 (PDT)
  As a follow up to my orginal post; At 140 K my van began to have some shifting problem. Around town, fine, but take...
• Re: heater cover removal
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:59:43 -0500
  Gerald, move the shift lever as far back as it will go. Then gently but firmly pull on the diffuser cover. That has worked...
• Re: tranny diagnosis please
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 11 May 2000 15:43:37 -0700
  At 05:15 PM 05/11/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Condition: > >2) Shift lever making noise for a few days. Sounds like computer >hard...
• Hard shifting...
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:58:38 -0700
  ...All has been well except shifting has been tough. I have to really push the clutch pedal to the wall and double clutch to...
• 1st and 2nd gear, Where'd they go??
  Historical mailing list - Ross W Cupples
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:55:12 -0400
  ...The shifter moves into first and second, but letting the clutch out it is as if the van is still in neutral. All the...
• Re: TIICO Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 14:58:03 -0400
  I performed the automatic trans shift mod on my first van. I had converted it to subaru 2.2 liter though. Made a big...
• Tips for gear shifter hitting radio?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:34:08 +0000
  My shifter goes too far forward in 1st and 3rd gear. This must be pretty common. I loosened the nuts and adjusted the slots...
• Automatic transmission Issue
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Fri, 2 Mar 2018 12:41:10 -0500
  ...Up shifts normally. Drives normally, down shifts normally. Just bangs and shutters while stopped. A hard bang, Like something should have broke bang. Like...
• Re: Update on The Miracle & New AA 091 w/ TBD 4 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:57:37 -0700
  ...Still shifts like butter. I'm not too worried about metal particles, since they tend to stick to the magnetic drain plug, but polymerss...
• Re: Movement felt in the Shift Stick.
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:58:56 -0700
  ...Movement felt in the Shift Stick. Not the best title, but its where I pick up the signs... With my hand on the shift...
• 84, rich running, help request...
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:26:06 -0500
  ...Since re-installing it, I've had loads of trouble with extremely rich running, stumbling, poor idle, small backfires in the exhaust when shifting...
• Re: shift linkage protector tube bracket
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:30:16 -0600
  ...There is a pipe protecting the shift linkage to the passenger side of >> the drive shaft. The front slips into another tube, the back...
• Re: solved: gear linkage trouble after tranny out and short shift kit
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:19:09 -0700
  ...I was starting to do the shim mod described by dylan when I asked my wife to help me out by shifting the gears...
• Re: Auto transmission not shifting question
  Historical mailing list - Ray Brubaker
  Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:12:54 -0400
  I'm living with a long standing problem of mine not shifting into 3rd when it is hot. If I back off the power...
• Re: Comparative tranny opinions
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:04:39 -0700
  ...HAPPY with his SA .457 5 speed (I ever bought a 5 speed shifter knob and the short shift kit along with the extender...
• Re: very mysterious tranny problem...
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 01:54:05 -0500
  ...very mysterious tranny problem... > > > > So... > > If I go out to my van right now and start driving around, it will shift > > like butter. I...
• Re: Looking for a shift lever for early Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 3 Aug 2015 15:07:56 -0500
  ...This time I > need a good used or new shift lever for the side of the transmission on an > early Vanagon (80-83). I...
• My Vanagon has new engine! Now it's time to deal with linkage!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:07:00 -0600
  ...My next problem is the shift linkage. This seemed to coincide with the change over to synthetic tranny oil but that may be only...
• Vanagon tranny question regarding 3rd gear grind on manual tranny
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:00:43 EDT
  ...Around town and before the van heats up I can shift up and down to third without grinding but as soon as I drive...
• Selecting Gears
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Dec 95 11:20:16 GMT
  > Ben, > > Before dropping the engine, check the shifter linkage at the base of the gear > shift lever. If for some reason you do not...
• Re: Berg Shifter TOP
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:36:19 EST
  ...knoll@PACBELL.NET writes: << Adding a retainer to retain the original shifter spring a bit farther up the lever provides the same "feel" and...
• Auto tranny shifter cable circlip size?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:20:16 -0700
  ...Does anyone know the size of a circlip that holds the shifter cable onto the auto tranny? I�m not seeing anything in the...
• Re: is it me? broke shift lever!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 19:31:58 -0800
  ...PITA if this had happened in the boonies. > > Why do I still drive this vehicle? > > bye, Tim > > '87 Syncro Westy, shiftless in suburbia > '85...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 May 2010 14:30:37 -0500
  ...Manual Shifter Woes > > > >I had to replace the shifter ball on my 4-speed manual transmission in my > > 1991 GL. Now I can't...
• Re: vanagon stumble
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:45:56 -0700
  ...It hiccups a bit in first gear and then briefly hiccups more violently after shifting to 2nd and accelerating. It stops this stumble after...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 11:14:37 -0700
  ...Just yesterday, I found my spare shifter (base, ball joint parts etc) from an 1981 Vanagon. It appears to be the same as shifter...
• Re: Duh! What gear we in?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:32:28 -0700
  ...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: Changing auto Trans. to Manual ??
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 06:22:33 -0500
  ...Install the tranny install the hydraulic line between the master and slave cylinders (be careful removing these from the donor van) replace the shifter...
• Re: Trans. Oil filler plug?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:19:12 -0700
  ...And yes, I did lube all the moving parts of the shift linkage and...AND...I lubed all the steering and suspension components at...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 21 May 2010 15:29:48 -0500
  ...Manual Shifter Woes > > > >I had to replace the shifter ball on my 4-speed manual transmission in my > > 1991 GL. Now I can't...
• Re: AT Governor and fluid exchange with final drive
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:42:32 -0500
  ...The large weight controls the 1st to 2nd shift. The small weight controls the 2nd to 3rd shift. The only variable part is the...
• Re: Shift Linkage Boot for 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:39:21 -0700
  ...Photos of the exact part are here: > http://picasaweb.google.com/1987vanagon/ShiftLinkageBoot# > Thanks, Ryan > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent...
• Re: AT shifter console parts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:38:13 EST
  ...On the shifter console there is this > flexible plastic material that covers the slot that the lever moves > in. Most of mine is missing...
• Re: I have first gear back and new clutch finally in...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 11 May 2011 08:19:18 -0500
  ...I > noticed that the boots were missing around the shifter ball ( > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1348_332/shift_lever.html...
• Re: Carbon-Fiber Shifter Console w/ VDO Gauges
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 10:00:58 EDT
  ...Carbon-Fiber Shifter Console w/ VDO Gauges > >I assume that "sweet" was said in your best Eric >Cartman (South Park) Voice! > >I made the...
• Re: Need Help Diagnosing Auto Tran problem
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:03:43 -0700
  ...the van does not > engage in the gear right away when shifted. For example the > van use to make a noticeable shift from Park...
• Re: Broken 84 Tranny Shift Linkage - Stuck in NC!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 08:10:18 -0700
  ...Broken 84 Tranny Shift Linkage - Stuck in NC! I was on my way from Fredericksburg, VA to Morehead City, NC to spend the week...