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• Motor mounts and Clutch chatter,
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:33:56 -0500
  Hi Everyone, I'm getting clutch chatter when warm in 1st and rough shifting/ vibrations through the shifter. Is there any way to tell...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:35:20 -0500
  ...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: looking at 91 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:50:55 -0700
  ...More significantly, the shifter linkage is sloppy, hard > to find the gears but it shifts and drives well otherwise. I see > there is a...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:39:38 -0500
  ...Some people may just shift > >>>>>> around > >>>>>> it and put the wear on their clutch instead . > >>>>>> Sure it may give you a spread in shifting...
• Re: Brake failure
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 19:54:05 -0400
  ...Was able to barely jump curb and pass few cars on grass before down shifting more and pumping brakes to a complete stop. >> Thought...
• Gear selection issue
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 11:41:55 -0400
  ...The shift lever acts like it hitting something so it wont swing over to the 3/4 gear side of the shift box. The...
• Re: Gene Berg Short shift/extension kit
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 09:04:01 -0700
  ...Gene Berg Short shift/extension kit > > > >On Thursday rec'd and installed this kit, extends the lever > up to a more > >natural position and...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:40:37 -0500
  ...If your > shifter is feeling vague or sloppy, this may be part of the reason. The > other parts we just got in are: > > > > On...
• Re: 86 Syncro - shifting after rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Wade
  Sat, 23 Nov 96 11:14:11 CST
  ...Now, shifting is tight >from 3rd down into 2nd and down into 1st. Generally it is OK strating in >1st and shifting into 2nd...
• Re: Hard to shift into first gear after warmed up
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 10:17:49 -0600
  ...I had the hard shifting also and changed to Redline oil, but the problem persisted. I ended up putting in a new clutch slave...
• Re: 88 Automatic - Transmission rebuilt in 2006, Now only has 1st and Reverse Need Advice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:39:49 -0400
  ...The next day I went to drive it and it would not shift out of 1st. I added fluid and it shifted for properly...
• Re: WWUD
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:41:16 -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: Disadvantages of syncros AND syncro question
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 00:32:41 -0800
  ...a van. >More difficult to shift than 2WD Vanagon > > Speaking of shifting, I've been having some trouble shifting my '87 > syncro without feeling...
• Re: Shifter parts for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:18:39 +0200
  Hi Brent I agree with Joel about those shifter parts to be replaced. Depending what you meant saying: 'I just had the linkages adjusted...
• 1st and 2nd gear, where'd they go??
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 22:24:30 -0700
  Ross..I would guess that the 1st/2nd shift fork or relay lever interally has broken...not a big deal once the thing is...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:12:52 -0400
  ...I used to run Scamp's house battery that way -- use one bank today then shift to the other at night through the next...
• FS(in 21228): NU (new-unboxed) Smallcar Subaru Bellhousing; NUT (new-unboxed-testfit) Smallcar Subaru Adapter Plate; WURP (well-used[with]-royal-purple) manual transmission
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:30:50 -0400
  ...transmission smoothly drove, and shifted between gears with aplomb (if that is an appropriate word to use when describing shifting) when it was installed...
• Re: '87 syncro: driveshaft going?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 May 1996 09:39:03 -0400
  ...The sound is >like a metal-on-metal clunk, not unlike the sound I remember from shifting >an American car with auto tranny into...
• Lack of clutch action
  Historical mailing list - Phillip M. Kenney
  Thu, 12 Dec 1996 22:38:14 -0700
  ...I cannot shift into any gears, the clutch will not disengage. I crawled under the van and can see the slave cylinder move the...
• Re: Mexican VW Van Trannys
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 18:17:54 -0800
  ...I can't see if it is a side shift or not. I can't imagine VW changing the shifter to the side for...
• Short Shifter Extension for big guys
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mundy
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 20:58:21 +1000
  Hi, I'm looking into purchasing a Gene Berg short shifter with an extension. I am familiar with having one on a 74 Type...
• Used automatic trany and parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 12:59:03 -0400
  ...AT Linkage and shift lever Please pmail if you are interested. You must pick these up in Raleigh, NC. Ed McLean email99@bellsouth.net
• Re: Overfilling transmission fluid.
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:36:52 -0700
  ...something just below the filler hole to make it easier to shift, but you practically needed their special tool to figure out where. The...
• Re: Looking for good used Automatic transmission shift cable
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:54:45 +0000
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• 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
• Correction:81'Shift Linkage Bushings
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Price
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 09:21:27 -0600
  Correction to original message: The linkage only applies to 1980- 83 vanagons. They changed the linkage in 1984. Ken
• Re: Cigarette Lighter Overload
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:25:42 -0700
  My apologies for quoting the entire OED on the previous post. The usual <cntl><shift>end delete, didn't. pensioner
• Wow MT90 Redline is great.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:06:23 -0600
  I switched to MT90 in the rebuilt manual transmission from AATransaxle this weekend. Wow the shifting it tons smoother.
• Re: simple engine RPM question--need shifting advice
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:34:38 -0500
  ...Interesting. "Pollard, Matthew" wrote: > When shifting and accelerating, i try to keep it below 4K. At about 4K i > seem to feel my rig...
• Re: Shifter Part Needed
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 12:34:15 -0700
  ...These parts are what goes inside the shifter housing which is acccessable from the inside of the bus and under the black shift boot...
• Re: Transmission woes in PA
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:52:14 -0400
  ...Can you shift through the gears with the engine off? That condition would support the clutch theory. Edward At 08:01 PM 10/16...
• Re: Movement felt in the Shift Stick.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:19:55 -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...
• RE: The Agony and The Ecstasy R
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 15 May 1996 12:41:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Many >novice VW drivers often shift from first to reverse until they are used to >the shift pattern you know. Fourth to second coming...
• Re: [T2] Shift linkage adjustment help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Alan (Al) Brase
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 21:16:01 -0600
  ...Early Vanagons 80-81 (?) had the rear shift rod support, (the bolt with a plastic band around the head that goes inside the rear...
• Re: AT: how it works
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:16:41 -0700
  Did you use a inch pound torque wrench to set the bands with, if the bands are not set right it won't shift...
• Re: Emergency in South Dakota
  Historical mailing list - Michael Huston
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:05:28 -0400
  <html><div style='background-color:'><P>You might be very lucky and only have a broken gear shift linkage.&nbsp; The joint right under...
• Re: cheap '89 Bluestar on CL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:01:45 -0600
  ...Jim On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com>wrote: > Funny, I don't remember shifting my...
• Clear the Sidewalks! He's Mobile Again!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 12:09:20 -0400
  ...When set up correctly the shifter-to-tranny rod was ~1" too long. After much cursing and wrenching and drilling, I got the shift...
• Re: poor shifting when engine running
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 09:41:47 -0400
  ...Smooth shifting since then.... '77 Camper + Morris Arthur morris_arthur@unc.edu + Center for Multiphase Research http://cmr.sph.unc.edu/CMR + Environmental Sciences...
• Strange clutch problem.....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:03:39 -0800
  The last couple weeks my transmission has become increasingly difficult to shift at idle, (when engine is running but standing still), when the motor...
• Re: more T5 photos
  Historical mailing list - alan barber
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 23:07:11 -0500
  ...the gear shift comes out of the dash, not the floor! kinda like some of the new hondas and subarus...what is this world...
• Re: Oil: 10w30? 20w50?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:39:10 -0400
  ...It's still stiff to shift when cold, and it still tends to grind into 2nd until it warms up. But my tranny is...
• Re: Front shift rod installation help needed
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 16:19:19 -0400
  ...out, of >> course)? This is the shift rod that bolts to the bottom of the Gear >> Shift Lever and has the plastic tabs on...
• Re: 84 Vanagon, will not shift into gear.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:59:28 -0700
  ...84 Vanagon, will not shift into gear. Hey Scott. JSYN, this got to me and not Gary. Cheers, Neil. (not Gary ;^) On 9/3...
• Re: Brake failure
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 17:47:15 -0400
  ...Was down shifting after coming off freeway got close to end of stop and brake failure. Was able to barely jump curb and pass...
• re Shifting, no clutch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Schmittdiel
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 14:50:12 -0800
  ...I even managed to drive mine home on the LA freeways, in fourth gear! Another listmember suggested not *jamming* the shifter from one gear...
• Re: A Shifty Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 21:53:08 -0600
  Charlie, I had problem shifting into first, even after the tranny way rebuilt. I changed to Reline MT 90 synthetic tranny oil. It worked...
• Re: automatic transmission adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 10:39:06 -0700
  ...The tranny will shift ok into reverse and neutral, but only with great (and I mean great) difficulty into Drive. It will not go...
• Re: Looking for some history
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:37:13 -0700
  I think the hard part about the shift lever is that the break could very well have resulted from the cumulative occasional bouts with...
• Re: 5sp
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:09:57 -0800
  ...And frequent lubrication of the under-van shift linkage really makes the shifting slick! I just squirt some spray lube onto the shiftrod bushings...
• Re: 1.9 manual 4 speed linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:19:14 -0700
  ...this was after adjusting the shift plate under the rubber boot at the base of the shifter .. that's where I usually tweak to...
• Knee bone connected to the ankle bone
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 14 May 1996 12:42:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...But when I was nearly at my destination, went to shift again, and the shift handle fell over like a broken neck. VERY weird...
• Re: I'm about to give up...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:23:24 -0800
  ...The plates that sandwich the shifter guide bushing can > be bolted to either side of the ears that stick out of the tranny. If...
• Auto Tranny question...slipping,shudder
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Birk
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 13:53:12 -0500
  ...several miles it may shift late into third or appear to shift into third and stay in second then shift into third. What I...
• Auto transmission not shifting question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:50:24 -0400
  ...A little way from home I noticed that the transmission had not shifted into third gear even though we were moving at 38,000...
• Re: Was Got Shifter Bushings? Now Rear Shift Rod Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:11:46 -0500
  On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com> wrote: > And, WHY don't you have a girl again...
• Re: 81 Vanagon Shift Linkage Problem...
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Thu, 4 May 2000 08:49:03 +0300
  ...If you still have trouble..replace plastic joint of shift lever. ..and make sure to readjust linkages if necessary (someone could have adjust them...
• Re: Berg Shifter GB
  Historical mailing list - Gary Schreiber
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 04:55:03 -0500
  ...Berg Shifter GB > As long as this thing will work in an 87 Syncro, I'm in! To go with > BenT's Florida shipping...
• Re: clutch fun
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:24:49 -0500
  ...anyway I drained my trans fluid to see if the sticky shifting was due to old trans oil. over 2 years old * red line...
• North Alabama Vanagon $1650 followup
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:53:05 -0600
  ...can't even see the needles Engine strong and smooth, no leaks Shifts a bit heavy to me but my two shift great. May...