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• Re: 85 Vanagon & 4th gear
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 13:28:21 -0500
  ...On the earlier Vanagon 091 trannies, the spacing/alignment of the shift forks is critical for proper operation. If you have this tranny (I...
• Re: Gearshift lube job
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:01:55 -0600
  ...Gearshift lube job > > My manual trannie shifter squeaks and squeals when I shift. Sounds > dry as > the Sahara in there. > > Can I re-grease...
• Fw: Re: short shift kit
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 22:48:51 -0800
  ...Who sells these "short shift" kits and can they be installed on 84's? Karl Batzler 84 Vanagon 191,500+ La Quinta, CA -----Original...
• Re: Shifter grease
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:52:53 -0600
  ...plastic parts that make up the 'pivot point' ("gear > shift lever bearing") of the shifter where it goes from the interior to the > bottom...
• Re: Shifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 17:49:16 -0700
  Woody, et al, To adjust the shifter properly, one has to make a tool and find a friend. Whatcha need is a piece of...
• Glow Shift Tachometer - what shift RPM?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:36:30 -0800
  Hello all - just got in a Glow Shift tachometer from ebay - it looks pretty cool. External mounting, digital readout, in a tube about 1...
• Re: Shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:29:54 -0500
  ...It now shifts smooth as silk. Been that way now for over 40,000 miles. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jean-Woo Kim wrote...
• Shifter Base repair kit (85 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:27:09 -0400
  ​Hello List, I need to buy the hemisphere for the shifter base bushing, mine is toast. I figure other plastic components are toast too...
• Delrin for Shift Linkage Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:42:29 -0800
  ...Has anyone used Delrin (Delrin AF or Delrin 500AF?) to replace the shift linkage bushing above the fuel tank on air cooled and diesel...
• Syncro Hard Shifting in Snow
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Mar 1997 22:12:11 -0500
  I was wondering if any other Syncro owners experience hard shifting while driving in the snow. After driving on snow covered roads for any...
• Shifter shaft black vinyl covering
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 21:13:14 -0700
  In the process of replacing all the little plastic bits in my shifter, I had to cut the black vinyl covering off of the...
• Re: '83.5 no shift update
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:13:51 -0700
  ...Notice that shift lever is at odd angle. Grab and > wiggle. It wiggles. Drop the shifter rod and find a wallered out shift > arm...
• Re: Shifter parts for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - adrian bertarelli
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 06:06:54 GMT
  ...Pull up the rubber boot at the end of your shifter and see if the parts are broken. Mine were completly shatered and i...
• Syncor Shifting question + seeking Daryl's input
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:48:11 -0700
  ...Nothing is obviously shot or worn out on the shift linkage. Clutch is freshly gone through, and disengaging cleanly. questions : Can crunchey shifting be...
• Re: floppy clutch, unable to shift when the engine is on
  Historical mailing list - david hardy
  Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:55:40 -0700
  Does it shift easier if you pump the clutch a few times first? It'll do what you describe if there's still air...
• Re: Shifter hemisphere bushing
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:40:04 -0600
  T Were you trying to ask ~ If the hemisphere portion of the shift lever bushing that has the retaining tabs to the upper spring...
• Re: How Exactly Does the Vanagon Automatic Know When To Shift?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:49:52 -0400
  The transmission shifts are determined by throttle position and vehicle speed. The governor is often the cause of trouble here. It can be removed...
• Re: Bi-Tron oil products
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 10:57:33 -0800
  Use Redline MTL in your transaxle...it WILL improve the second gear shift. Bruno Walser wrote: > About a week or two ago numerous mails...
• difficult shifting
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Tue, 31 May 2005 02:23:49 -0500
  hi all, over the past few weeks, my 87 GL has gotten harder and harder to shift into 1st and 2nd gear. When the...
• shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Little Bear
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:59:02 -0500
  Yet another one, I have been following this thread for a little bit as I too have a problem with shifting into first gear...
• Re: Hard shifting - clutch mount bracket?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:15:15 -0800
  ...Hard shifting - clutch mount bracket? Im trying to diagnose hard shifting in a 91 Vanagon Manual with short shift kit and shifter extension handle...
• Re: Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:14:03 -0800
  ...Under the center of the Vanagon is a splined connection between the front and rear shift rods. Mark this union so you know how...
• Auto Shifter slide repair
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 7 Sep 2021 17:17:55 -0400
  ...I noticed today that the flexible plastic piece attached to the shifter handle is broken. This is the part that moves with the shifter...
• Shift lever question.
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:39:57 -0400
  ...Is the shift lever for '82 the same on aircooled and diesel models? I just bought a shift extension for my van from Bus...
• RE: Berg shifting gizmo
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 14 Oct 1994 17:46:03 EST
  Gizmo is for vanagons only; Berg also has whole shifter units for the vans before 1980. B.
• Do Shift linkage bushes wear ...
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:34:28 -0700
  I am not sure how much the worn shift linkage bushings harm the transmission. Anyone? Zoltan
• Re: questions about automatics
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:07:00 -0400
  ...It kicks down just fine and I can hold it in any gear by moving > the shift lever. It just seems to up shift...
• Re: Shifting when hot
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:41:02 -0400
  ...One of them is (once again) a shifting problem. When the engine (whole vehicle) is cold, I have no problem shifting in to first...
• Re: Gear shift linkage?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:51:04 -0800
  Deb, On my 85 I had to replace the plastic shifter parts, upper ball half look under you stick shift boot inside the van...
• Poor shifting: air-cooled Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 21 Sep 2014 20:06:18 -0700
  ...Nothing changed as far as the shifting went so I've always put that down to some slight imperfection in the shifting setup. In...
• Re: Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:06:50 -0700
  ...i had this happen on a customers van that had some worn shifter > parts. i rotated the shifter shaft on the splines one spline...
• 85 shifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 08:01:31 -0700 (PDT)
  Help! Just had my 85 Westy worked on and my mechanic cleaned and greased the shift assembly, but he said the guides were too...
• Drippy Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 22:01:40 -0700
  ...I imagine that the seal where the shifter goes into the transmission is leaking. Is this easily repaired? Thanks Todd '88 Westfalia.
• '84 Westy shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - Hank Miller
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 15:25:26 -0700
  ...and also trouble shifting into second. not fluid. not easy. gear sometimes gets stuck in NO GEAR and i have to work hard to...
• Smooth shifting!
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:56:15 -0600
  Actually, when I got a car wash last weekend (with an undercarriage wash), I got the biggest change in my shifting smoothness in such...
• Short shift kit for sale
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:18:15 -0500
  I purchased a Berg shift kit from Van-Cafe last summer for my 91 Vanagon. I installed this past fall and like the shortened...
• Re: Auto Shifter slide repair
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 8 Sep 2021 09:32:34 -0700
  Hi Eric, I thought I saw it somewhere in the recent past! You have to remove the shifter and heater vent covers, of course...
• Re: HOT AT SHIFT LEVER
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:24:31 -0700
  ---John Lauterbach wrote: > > The automatic transmission shift lever on my '84 DL gets quite hot when I am > driving. I don't remember it...
• '80 Vanagon Shift Rod Adjust
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 16:22:06 -0500
  ...Tried to adjust shift rod per Bentley, now will not shift out of what I belive to be 3rd.Question,finally, does this sound...
• Re: Broke my shifter!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 2 May 2002 15:01:41 -0700
  take the whole shifter 'rod' out (go under the bus above the spare tire). Then take the 2 halves to a machine shop or...
• hard shifting - different problem
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 31 May 2005 18:10:38 -0700
  ...The shop who ended up replacing the transmission could never get it to shift into first gear correctly. There are a couple shifting problems...
• Re: Update on The Miracle & New AA 091 w/ TBD 4 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:37:53 -0700
  can i add that lubricating the bushings on the shift linkage does wonders for ease of shifting. I was surprised how it made the...
• Re: Maybe this is the cause of poor shifting in my air-cooled Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 2 Oct 2014 06:17:19 -0400
  ...A couple of weeks ago I pulled the entire shifter mechanism > out of the vehicle, (that's the gear shift lever and the bearings...
• RE: 87: shift rod bushing modification
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 6 May 1996 09:21:17 -0700
  ...shift rod bushing modification Page 34.7a of the Bentley manual shows a modification made to the shift rod bushing at the tranny end...
• 87: shift rod bushing modification
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 4 May 1996 09:09:22 -0700
  Page 34.7a of the Bentley manual shows a modification made to the shift rod bushing at the tranny end of the shift rod...
• Re: Diesel shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:44:57 -0800
  The rear shift rod for 82 came 2 ways. Same rod but different shapes. Diesels have the tranny tipped up very high at the...
• Shift rod freeplay - what is it? Was: Alternatives to standard transmissions: What is possible?
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:45:18 -0700
  ...be shifting fine since I put it back in about 1,000 miles ago, but I was not aware of this shift rod freeplay...
• FW: Smooth shifting!
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:10:31 -0700
  ...Smooth shifting! Actually, when I got a car wash last weekend (with an undercarriage wash), I got the biggest change in my shifting smoothness...
• Re: shifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:34:01 -0400
  I'm still able to get my shifter to get all 4 gears, but not without some additional fiddling with the shifter base plate...
• Travel Emergency: 4sp Manual Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:07:08 -0700
  ...She says it won't shift out of 3rd, and only into 3rd with great difficulty. No other gears. She also says the clutch...
• Re: Vanagon Short Shift Kit
  Historical mailing list - Tom S
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:49:23 -0600
  ...1) What does it actually do to reduce the travel of the shifter? 2) One listmember posted that the 2-3 shift was not...
• Re: Shifting when hot
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:26:42 +0000
  Try switching to RedLine gear oil and make sure that you do not need any new shifter bushings.
• Re: shifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:34:10 -0700
  ...shifter adjustment > I'm still able to get my shifter to get all 4 gears, but not without > some additional fiddling with the shifter...
• Re: Auto shifter LED lamp conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Nov 2012 15:18:01 -0500
  At 02:44 PM 11/7/2012, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >The Vanagon dash/shifter lights are oddballs. They are not just bulbs, but >come...
• Re: Shift Rod Bushing Boots- necessary...?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:18:00 -0500
  ...wrote: > In looking over the transmission, all the boots on my shift linkage are torn > to shreds. �I'm wondering if these are a...
• Re: Help, 85 shifting problems
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Sep 1996 22:49:59 -0400
  ...Van has 140K on it. >> Bill, it has nothing to do with shift guides.Either your clutch slave/master cyl is leaking, or your...
• Re: '85 1.9 manual shift
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 May 2012 18:46:08 -0700
  there should not be an inch of up-down play in your shifter. more like 1/8th inch if any. makes me think the...
• Shift Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 19:15:46 EST
  I do not have to push down the shift nob when shifting my '77 westy into reverse. What does this mean? I don't...
• Re: Carat: Manual vs Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:54:03 EST
  In a message dated 11/11/99 8:47:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, lindgre@ONLINE.NO writes: << Why shift manually? Heck, that's...
• Re: Shifter Part Needed
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 15:37:10 -0400
  I don't know about the Vanagon shifters, but on my Golf of the same age, the reverse lockout tang was a plastic finger...