"Ferguson, Christopher R SGT" wrote:

> Hello everyone
>
> I'm looking for info about my tranny.  I have a 85 German spec vanagon with
> a 1.8l carbed motor.  The tranny went out and I replace it with another one
> from the same type of vanagon not sure of the year but same motor as my 85.
> My question is this.  I was told it was a 5 speed but I have 6 forward
> gears.  Between 4th and 5th is a lower gear that seems to be like a passing
> or hill climbing gear.  Was a tranny like this made or is there a problem in
> the linkage?

The Syncro has a hill climbing gear, but there is NO WAY you could mistakenly
have put a Syncro tranny in a 2wd Vanagon without major reconstruction and
welding. Are you sure of the 6 speeds? How is the shift pattern configured, do
you know the tranny code, etc. etc.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i