I drove my old squareback many mile with a bungee cord tied to the sifter
holding it in fourth.  After about twenty thousand miles, it started popping
out of third, too.  I then found a used tranny for a hundred bucks (1980).

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: slipping out of 4th gear

> If you drove out in the middle of nowhere and had this problem and then
had
> to hold or tie the shifter in gear for the trip home:
> A.  Would this work?
> B. Would this do some terrible damage to the tranny and should not be
tried
> even as an emergency proceedure?
>
> I have heard of people doing  this just to get home, but I wanted Dayrll's
> opinion of it.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> http://www.vanagain.com
> John 3:16
> Phone: (856)-765-1583
> Shop:   (856)-327-0027
> Fax:     (856)-327-2242
>