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• Slipping transmission
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:42:56 -0600
  For the past few weeks now my transmission has started to slip out of gear. I'll be driving along in 4th and suddenly...
• Odometer Repair-Migrating Shaft
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 09:48:22 -0800
  ...Upon removal of the unit from the case, I find that the shaft on which is mounted the (beige) gear-which drives the odometer...
• Re: Relay Steering Gear
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:38:20 -0700
  ...Relay Steering Gear > > > I have an '86 Westy with power steering. > > The relay steering gear (251 419 025) connects between the Steering > shaft and...
• Re: Shifting, No Clutch
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:50:14 -0500 (EST)
  ...It will come right out of gear, and jump right into the next gear as the RPM's of the motor fall thru the...
• Caravana gear order going out tomorrow!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:19:10 -0800
  Folks, I'm going to be placing the Caravana gear order tomorrow. If you have an order in the mail, or want to be...
• Re: 5sp
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:09:57 -0800
  ...For instance, my first 5-speed had a 1st gear very similar to a standard 4-speed (only 8% different). You definitely did not...
• HELP - Pilot bearing marked up my input shaft
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:03:01 -0700
  OK - vehicle is a 1986 Syncro Westfalia with a high powered TDI engine installed.� After 50.000km on the swap I noticed gear oil...
• NEW NOISE - DRIVE LINE?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:52:11 -0800
  ...Yet it goes away completely when I shift out of first gear. Not at all present in any other gear, in any rpm. It...
• Gear Ratio Change 91 Vanagon Auto
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 May 1997 13:58:11 -0400
  I am considering slightly lowering my vanagon sometime in the future, does anyone have insight changing the gear ratio?
• GEAR LUBE
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Sat, 30 May 1998 20:27:29 -0400
  Hey volks, quickie question...what weight and how much gear lube for the transaxle in my air-cooled Vanagon. Mark Thoma [text/html]
• Recycling gear oil
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 20:31:52 -0400
  Is it okay to mix gear oil with motor oil for recycling? -- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si
• Re: Will not go into gear...
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 09:09:24 -0500
  ...Will not go into gear... > HELP! > > Recently had engine rebuilt and clutch replaced on my 90 Vanagon and > today it wouldn't go into...
• Re: another odometer repair
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:25:08 -0700
  ...I could not feel any > additional load on that gear no matter what I did. As soon as I started > depressing that button it...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 20 May 2006 12:11:07 -0700
  > On the Vanagon odo I have in front of me, the bridge gear disengages the > 1/10 th gear well before the mechanism to...
• RE: Transmission Popping out of 1st
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:34:14 -0600
  Popping out of gear is usually a sign of a dying trans. Worn out gears is the problem. Time for a rebuild or a...
• Re: Stiffness - 3rd Gear
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:57:03 -0400
  ...Stiffness - 3rd Gear After I've been driving for a while I notice an increased stiffness in trying to shift into third gear. What...
• Small gear trailer for vanagon- any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - JR Denton
  Mon, 26 May 2008 21:46:06 -0400
  Does anyone pull a small cargo trailer for your extra gear? I am looking for ideas on a getting a small (weather tight) trailer...
• Re: 82 Vanagon gear selection problem.
  Historical mailing list - L. J|rgen \hman
  Sat, 5 Apr 1997 02:47:19 +0200 (MET DST)
  > >When i select 1st gear i get 3rd gear and when i select 3rd gear i get > >3rd gear. 2nd, 4th and reverse works...
• Re: [Re: red mark on metric odometer]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Tue, 1 May 2001 17:41:38 MDT
  the older vw bugs never had a tac meter so you used the red notches to shift to the next gear. 1st got you...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 31 May 2011 23:10:55 -0700
  ...Not able to engage any gear Looking for some wisdom. My 91 stock manual, I can not get it to engage in any gear...
• [Q] Mail order sources for Redline MTL gear oil?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Sep 95 14:05:31 EDT
  Mail order sources for Redline MTL gear oil? Can someone please give me the name and address (or fax#, email 1-800, whatever you...
• Broken timing gear?
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:52:23 -0600
  ...The distributor is fine and the gear that drives the distributor looks good (the drive gear was hard to pull out of the block...
• Re: Road trip
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:15:32 -0700
  Good to know about the taller 4th gear in regards to your fuel efficiency. What is the OD of tires? Neil. On Thu, Jul...
• Re: Acckk! My gear juice is *blue*...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:45:13 -0700
  Very dark blue...but the gear lube is quite thick. Took a good hour to fill my tranny via "gravity" thru a 3/4...
• Re: [TDI-conversion] I gotta tranny... what is the gearing? no codes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:59:05 -0800
  sure, you can get close to what the overall ratio is in top gear by a kinda crude method . ( overall ratio is R & P...
• Re: '90 Westy 2nd gear
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:52:14 -0700
  ...Re: '90 Westy 2nd gear > > > Michael, > > > > You may ask others for suggestions but mine is to drain and frefill > the > > transmission with synthetic gear...
• [VB] GL4 vs GL5 from pennzoil's site (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Thu, 11 May 2000 22:25:04 -0700
  ...What happens if API GL-5 gear oil is used in an API GL-4 gear oil application? API GL-4 and API GL...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:35:30 -0400
  ...There are rebuilt original starters (least pricey, from > Bus Depot), gear reduction starters that require an adapter plate (also Bus > Depot, intermediate), and gear...
• Re: 83-85 & 86-91 Gas Manual Gear Ratios
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:33:46 -0700
  ...83-85 & 86-91 Gas Manual Gear Ratios > > > > >>I wasn't able to quickly find this info through google. Basically, did >>gear ratios change...
• Re: Clutch Adjustment ?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:24:17 -0500
  ...With my short legs it hard to get the pedal down far enough to get the clutch fully disengaged to avoid grinding the gears...
• Re: '90 Westy 2nd gear
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:37:32 -0700
  > Hey everybody, > With the cold weather we've been having here in central PA, i've noticed > some really hard shifting into 2nd gear...
• Re: Will not go into gear...
  Historical mailing list - - Lauren Pelzer
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 02:23:30 EST
  ...my 90 Vanagon and > today it wouldn't go into gear....any gear. > > I had similar problems shortly after getting a new clutch - it...
• Slipping Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:45:21 -0700
  Hi all - sometimes it seems like my Van doesn't shift to the right gear. I'll be in gear and want to shift...
• Re: Napa Brand
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 21 May 2003 11:15:48 -0400
  ...Even my Honda grinds > into 2nd gear when it gets below 20 degrees F out. Meant to say every gear *oil* is lousy in...
• Re: engine conversion question...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 20:53:43 -0400
  2 -3 kayaks , all the gear , camping gear, clothes, coolers, firewood.....2 adults and two kids.... the 2.o aba does fine
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Why reduce engine speed -- vacuum guage -- small car header
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 11:46:08 +0100
  ...Those are just vacuum gauges. > > > > > >I'm tellin ya, on long hills, try third gear at half throttle rather than > > >fourth gear floored. You...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 07:41:26 EST
  ...Sooooo using the complete geartrain out of a bus, you mill the gasket face of the vanagon gear carrier to match the thickness of...
• Problem finding a gear 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Barb Cotton
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:24:38 -0700
  Friday when I was running errands in town, I was having trouble finding gears when downshifting, shifter just felt stiff, and I thought I...
• curious ebay vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:24:14 -0700
  ...I GUARANTEE they didn't change the gearing in that 090 transmission, so doesn't that leave them with a 1.00 third gear...
• Re: sounds of doomed tranny?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:16:15 -0600
  ...If it is hard shifting, jumps out of gear, locks in gear or has to be forced into gear that is another story. Reverse...
• Re: syncro trans gear engagement
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:18:41 -0400
  ...I had no trouble locating AMSOIL synthetic GL4 gear oil. I bought it by the gallon and it was very reasonably priced. Larry '86...
• Re: 89' GL 1st gear problem
  Historical mailing list - Rian mullins
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:35:02 CDT
  I had a similar problem on my 88 Wolfsburg for a long time; ' just had the bushings replaced (gear shift bushings?) and the problem...
• Need 85 speedo gear
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:34:59 -0700
  ...Need to replace the broken speedo gear in the photo. http://www.roadhaus.com/images/Temp/85%20Speedo.jpg It's for Maggie's...
• Re: Hello! I'm new to the list and my '86 Weekender's manual
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Wed, 6 May 1998 22:56:36 -0400
  Just a note, I have never seen a first gear syncro go bad, always second. That may vary with driving style, as some clowns...
• Re: Slipping Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:34:29 -0600
  ...When you say it takes 3 seconds and higher RPMs to get into gear--are you holding pressure against the shifter for the gear...
• How do I get the #&(*&!$# distributor gear on the crank?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:47:27 -0800
  ...I've been trying to get the brass distributor gear on my 2 crankshafts, (rebuiling a couple of 2.0l air-cooled engines) and...
• Re: 82 Vanagon gearbox swap ?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Mar 1997 07:04:31 -0800
  Aparently a Porsche gearbox is almost a drop in, go to > http://www.automatrix.com/~skip/volkswagen/, and read about doing it
• .70 4th gear?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:37:29 EDT
  Does anyone have a .70 4th gear? I'm getting my tranny redone, but these are on backorder for a while. Thanks Rob Infante
• 5sp Transmission rebuild..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 7 May 2016 07:12:33 -0700
  ...My transmission was just beginning to show some minor wear on on the 2 gears on the shaft, but was still inconsequential. BTW, Matt...
• Top Gear episodes with Vanagon campers
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:59:51 -0400
  If have you never watched the British show Top Gear you cannot really call yourself a gear head (petrol head in the UK). Here...
• Re: Warning:To Syncro owners
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 15:20:21 -0800
  ...As the gears > started to wind up I thru in the clutch to shift from creeper > gear to second or third. Before I had...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:01:26 -0800
  The code stamped into the bottom edge of the manual tranny will tell the gears inside when it left the factory. It is not...
• Re: 84' Vanagon starter falling apart
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:52:29 -0800
  the gear has to retract all the way. it has a one way cluch in it. it will 'freewheel' one direction with easy/medium...
• Re: Argh! My transmission went kaput!
  Historical mailing list - Brian Isherwood
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 09:51:46 +0000
  ...There are two, one for the 1-2 gears and one for the 3-4 gears. It is a cog gear thing with a...
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:25:51 -0400
  ...It wouldn't stay in second gear (fourth gear stayed in no problem). The linkage was adjusted correctly, and I even disassembled the linkage...
• Re: No Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:45:12 -0700
  Try "jiggling" gear shift around Park and Neutral while turning key to start. keep foot on brake just in case. You can also remove...
• Syncro Gear ratios
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:10:16 -0700
  I am working out some tire options, and I have been searching the archives for gearing information. I have found a lot of conflicting...
• Re: odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:49:07 -0400
  On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Steve W wrote: > What would be wrong with roughing up the little > shaft the gear goes on, cutting a...
• odometer success?
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:57:25 -0400
  ...so, off came the new gear, I drove the shaft back a little bit so I could get off the metal gear (I was...
• Re: Repairing Windshield Wiper Motor
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  16 Oct 96 22:49:29 EDT
  ...Go through the gear to the shaft, marking the shaft with the drill bit, then remove the gear and finish drilling the shaft, trying...