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• Re: .70 4th gear?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:40:44 -0800
  ...With the higher gears we have reduced our cruising rpm's down to about 3500 from 4000. Mark in AK ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob...
• Re: '86 4-speed Westy won't move: Worn out clutch or broken transmission?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:21:36 -0800
  ...But he could drive around in the underground parking lot with occasional grinding and crunching of the gears through all the gears. Yesterday he...
• FS Good 4 speed trans
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Sun, 16 May 2004 18:21:43 EDT
  ...all forward gears good. 108000 miles on Van, dont know if Trans has ever been re-built or replaced. Make offer (reasonable) Pics Available...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:15:33 -0500
  ...There is no pushing down to engage > any gears, just click click click. Mine was rebuilt 100K miles ago and > shifts very smoothly and...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:25:29 -0500
  ...Can you find the gears with the engine not running? If so then you need to check the clutch hydraulics and linkages, including pedal...
• Re: Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:22:19 -0800
  ...But it stays in gear, and no crunching between gears. Maybe thicker oil would help the noise. Thanks for the help everyone. Neil. -- Neil...
• Short Shifter for 5 speed 89 Caravelle GL ( Vanagon) OZ
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mundy
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:25:06 +1100
  ...Now I have a Caravelle, my wife has difficulties (due to a motor accident) sometimes changing gears. She's 5'4" which causes her...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 07:34:00 -0400
  ...Seems that with the motor running makes it not want to go into any gears and the motor off goes easily into all the...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 10:22:31 -0400
  ...Seems that with the motor > running makes it not want to go into any gears and the motor off goes easily > into all the...
• Re: Cleavis pin fixed, but now....!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:09:18 -0500
  "A Brandy Psmythe" <brandys@ichips.intel.com> writes: > Ahhh!!! Now I can change gears without pressing the clutch >pedal, but only when the motor...
• Re: transmission problem - additional info
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 06:17:22 -0600
  Is it just a 1st gear issue or all gears? Any funny noises? Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On Sep 1, 2012 7...
• Knobs, wheels, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Aug 94 14:26:09 PDT
  Anyone know how hot you can get your Bus gearshift knob, steering wheel, glovebox knob, etc.? Will they stand, say, 300 degrees F for...
• Re: 022D Digifant Upgrade Chip Performance Report...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:25:04 -0700
  Robert Lilley wrote: >shifting gears at @3400 rams down from @4000 rams in traffic. > not baaaaaaad! Driving in sheep country? Ewe should ask Andrew...
• Re: Diesel conversions
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:52:46 -0700
  ...I have nice rebuilt 5 speeds with 4.11 ring & > pinions and > upgraded 5th gears for only $3400. Is that $3400 for the transmission...
• WBX Transmission: Failing 3-4 Hub Feels Like?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:06:00 -0700
  ...Drove it around the block, all gears "found", no crunches/noise, but shifter not as easy to move as air cooled was. Feels like...
• Re: Jimmy Sanby's lack of 4th gear
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 22:15:47 EST
  ...When in fourth, it was as if I was in nutral - all the other gears worked ok. What had happened was that the gear...
• Re: Intermittent engine miss
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:32:28 -0500
  ...Same in all gears, if anything worse in lower gears. > Then it would catch and run smoothly for from 1 to about 30 seconds...
• Re: Sudden shift linkage outage
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 20 May 2018 14:45:44 -0700
  ...now it's very sloppy and I have to pay attention to get into the gears.. - I will replace whole thing soon...
• Re: Heat handling design error help
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:24:21 -0400
  ...coolant for such vital parts as the bearings, crankshaft, and timing >gears; in fact most of the lower engine depends upon a constant supply...
• Odometer fixed
  Historical mailing list - MtnGal
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 11:39:35 -0800
  ...When I took the dash cluster off and found the gears you referred to... it turned out to be the culprit. It was a...
• Re: Speedo Repair with 1 year warranty
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 13:50:49 -0500
  ...I bought 3 gears from Palo ALto (it also fits my '89 Jetta speedo) and I would guess all VW/VDO speedos. If the...
• Re: Any pracitcal way ...?
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Fri, 13 Jan 2017 18:47:28 +0000
  Simply put, I check the oil by draining it looking for any contamination, then put the tranny into the different gears to make sure...
• Need Syncro Trans
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 13:39:14 -0400
  ...Even if it has gears sticking out the side, if you want to get rid of it or if you know someone with one...
• Re: 022D Digifant Upgrade Chip Performance Report...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:14:56 EDT
  Alistair, <<<>shifting gears at @3400 rams down from @4000 rams in traffic. > not baaaaaaad! Driving in sheep country? Ewe should ask Andrew from NZ...
• clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 18:34:47 -0500
  ...I have to push all the way in to shift, and it engages 1/8" from the floor - shifting is difficult- and the gears...
• Re: Redline MTL / Tranny update.
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:52:59 -0800
  ...All forward gears are heavy duty steep cut "racing gears" which are a bit noisy in the lower gears. I'm very happy with...
• Re: whine?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:33:17 -0700
  It's whining in all gears at a consistent RPM and you think it's the tranny???? I'd check alternator, water pump, power...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:20:10 -0400
  Tach was sitting just shy of 4K with 27x8.5R14 and stock gears Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Haynes [mailto:dhaynes@optonline.net] Sent...
• Re: Looking at 1986 Syncro GL Westy with Buick Engine today!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 22:16:19 +1200
  ...The gears were there to avoid breaking, which would probably have happened with stock gears. I have heard from various sources that a VW...
• Re: Short shift for 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:08:58 -0700
  ...the gears1st/reverse, those both > require (or prefer) a slight depressing of the gear lever to get > 'over' to those two gears. Shifting between...
• 1976/2.0L, FI VW Riviera Conversion Camper
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:09:08 -0600
  ...Drove and shifted fine otherwise. --Had 1st gear rebuilt, all other gears and splines looked great!!! --New clutch disc, was told that t.o...
• Re: what is part # 251 798 116 A
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 18:44:42 +0100
  ...171 711 107A ball housing - gearshift lever 281 711 109A spacer sleeve N 013 141 1 threaded pin M5x8 251 711 145 pressure spring...
• Re: Gearshift lube job
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 19:44:54 -0800
  ...21, 2002 6:59 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Gearshift lube job My manual trannie shifter squeaks and squeals when I shift...
• Re: Battery light on in park or neutral
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 9 Mar 2022 10:36:48 -0800
  ...It's off in any drive gears. >>>>> >>>>> Any idea about why this is happening? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:46:43 -0400
  On 3/25/2012 1:44 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > I was not "citing" anything . Oh, you were simply filling space with text. OK...
• Steering Locks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 96 14:05:05 BST
  ...Are they hard to come by?, Was it just steering locks or gearshift locks as well? How much are these? Thanks for any help...
• Re: 5 spd diesel tranny.
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 07:32:32 -0700
  ...Darylchris@AOL.COM -Dana- Tromper wrote: > > My 3rd, and 4th gears just disapeared from one shift > to the next, no grind, nothing just don...
• Re: My Transmission has a hole in it!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 20:13:18 -0400
  ...Looking at the Bentley illustration on 35.6 it shows the inside of the gearshift housing and there looks to be some sort of...
• Re: noisy shifting
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:34:59 -0800
  ...noisy shifting > Hello all... > > I'm getting a lot of noise when shifting- all gears. > Comes and goes a bit, but it always comes...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 18:12:12 -0400
  ...Anyone working around VW for years knows that when VDO started using plastic drive gears for the odometers, they started falling a part. The...
• Re: odometer question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 12 May 2007 21:59:07 -0700
  ...These gears are the only gears not enclosed inside the odometer so you can see them and touch them. When the shaft moves a...
• Re: transmission problem - resolved
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:39:49 -0400
  ...I lost 1st & 2nd gears with no warning. The shop said that (as I had observed) everything feels & sounds good but no 1st & 2nd...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Transmission NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Charles
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:00:26 -0700
  ...2nd &3rd gears are shot. ( They couldn't find localy in Vancouver,B.C.) DOES ANYONE: (A) Know of a good Transmission shop. OR...
• Re: 84 Vanagon GL for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:31:39 -0700
  ...The automatic transmission will not shift into any forward gears. Make an offer. Rico A mention of location would be nice... ...hint, hint! Evan...
• Frankenshifter
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:29:58 -0500
  Dug into the gearshshifter mechanism on my '91 GL today. You may recall that I'm my trouble is that the shifter is sloppy...
• Re: Odometers - again
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:58:19 -0500
  ...The little teeth on it > have the same configuration as those on the Number Gears. If you > look at the picture above, the gears...
• Re: HELP CALL : clutch issue on the road?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:58:01 -0700
  ...If he can "change" gears with engine off, but not while driving, it is likely a clutch problem. A sudden loss of clutch may...
• Trans info for repowered vans
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:02:45 +1300
  ...If you MUST use your VW trans, best replace ALL forward gears with Albins Elephant Gears and mainshaft, made in Australia. These gears are...
• Re: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:44:25 -0500
  Bad water pump or maybe thermostat. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS...
• Re: Now what have I done.... Flashing oil light??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:59:33 -0500
  Oh what fun! Did you actually swap the complete pump assemblies or just the gears? The main wear part of the pump is the...
• Re: transmission problem - resolved
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:00:23 -0400
  ...I lost 1st & 2nd gears with no warning. The shop said > that (as I had observed) everything feels & sounds good but no 1st & 2nd...
• Re: Re: 5 cyl. Audi, sender on flywheel doesn�t m a tter
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:31:20 +0200
  > >On manual trannies not the diff is the weakest point, > >but the gears. Since this problem is non-existent in > >automatics, their only problem...
• transmission worries
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jara
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:27:08 -0700
  ...Basically, the shifter would get stuck between gears. I had to kind of force it fairly hard to get into gear, and there was...
• Re: Vanagon with Porsche power.
  Historical mailing list - Robb Lightfoot
  Wed, 10 May 1995 10:35:48 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the van will do 100mph > in third gear, still with *two* gears to go. > I take it that the thing has wings or a...
• Re: VW I-4 Engine Blowout (this is the last one I promise)
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:32:39 -0800
  KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > The $1500 longblock is pretty bare not including the water pump, timing gears, > belt, vaccum pump or even an oil...
• was: AATransaxle .. Daryl/now:engine/gears
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:55:29 -0600
  TIICO ... yes, stock. I run just slightly larger wheels for gearing change purposes. Nokian Hakka C2 215/65-16 bob Bob,What engine is...
• Vanagon trannies
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 11:05:59 EST
  ...Well DUH! <grin> He told me two of the gears might be swappable but nothing else. Don't know how good a mechanic he...
• Re: 1981 Questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 22:55:13 -0600
  ...Replacing the gears is the most common rebuild procedure. If you will take note of the four bolts in the pump, thats the key...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 13:12:12 -0700
  ...Initially had problems > finding gears, but much of that was sorted out by following the Bentley's > shift linkage adjustment procedure. > > However, the biggest...
• Re: 85 spedo repair
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sat, 30 Nov 1996 02:16:06 -0500 (EST)
  ...The gears were not broken, but just out of place. I pushed the > assembly to the right and gears were engaging just fine. Put...