If its a water cooled engine, Mr. Flubacher should be aware how heavy the
tranny is, and read up about bracing prior to removal (or risk many a
bent/broken part!).

From what I've read, many a transmission has been damaged because folks
think they can muscle the transmission, just like on older busses.

FWIW....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Carrington, Tom
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 4:34 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear!
>
>
> I'll bet he is talking about the 091 tranny that was in the air-cooled
> Vanagon, not the 091-1 in the water cooled vanagon. On the 091,
> the linkages
> are up near the nose cone. There is a circlip that can pop off
> the selector
> shaft and leave you "shiftless". That would most likely affect all gears.
>
> On the 091-1 transmission, the shifting mechanism is more towards
> the center
> of the transmission housing. The selector shaft could have broken - but I
> have never heard of one breaking while in use. They get damaged when the
> mechanic tries to put the trans back together wrong and forces the shaft
> into place.
>
> TomC
> tcarrington@relitech.com
> http://www.relitech.com/tomc
> http://volksweb.relitech.com
> 85 Vanagon Crew Cab
> 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
> 81 Checker A-11 (Taxi)
> 65 Notchback
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bradley Flubacher [SMTP:flubach@home.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 7:37 PM
> > To:   Carrington, Tom; Vanagon Mail
> > Subject:      RE: (new to list!)  tranny stuck in gear!
> >
> > I just got off the phone with Gary from "Gary's rebuilt VW engines and
> > transmissions".
> >
> > From how I described the problem to him, he suspected it was a bracket
> > inside the transmission that broke.  He suggested that I have someone
> > lower
> > the nose of the transmission and take of the cap.  Right inside, he
> > described a bracket that would be broken and easily replaced.
> >
> > Has anyone heard of this?  Make sense?   Anyone lowered the nose of the
> > transmission without taking it out?
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carrington, Tom [mailto:TCarrington@ReliTech.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 6:20 PM
> > To: 'Bradley Flubacher'; Vanagon Mail
> > Subject: RE: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear!
> >
> >
> > You have some pretty good advice so far. Definitely try
> disconnecting the
> > linkage and testing the shifting.
> >
> > Yes, the tranny is in neutral when you can pull the shaft in and out of
> > the
> > tranny. Play with it and you will be able to "feel" the shift pattern.
> >
> > But the bad news is that your symtoms are typical of the 091-1
> > transmission
> > when the 3rd/4th gear operating sleeve (slider) cracks or breaks. The
> > problem is documented on my website at
> > http://volksweb.relitech.com/091trans.htm
> >
> > Good luck,
> > TomC
> > tcarrington@relitech.com
> > http://www.relitech.com/tomc
> > http://volksweb.relitech.com
> > 85 Vanagon Crew Cab
> > 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
> > 81 Checker A-11 (Taxi)
> > 65 Notchback
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bradley Flubacher [mailto:flubach@HOME.COM]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 6:26 PM
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Subject: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear!
> > >
> > >
> > > '84 digijet, 4 spd
> > >
> > > I was happily driving along last night when I couldn't get it
> > > out of third
> > > gear.  Try as I might, I wouldn't go into the "real" neutral.
> > >  It seems to
> > > go into a "phantom" neutral that slightly grinds when I let
> > > out the clutch..
> > > scarey.
> > >
> > > I've tried to manually move the shaft on the tranny but
> > > couldn't move it
> > > much more than how I could inside the van.
> > >
> > > Someone recommended that I remove the linkage back at the
> > > tranny and try to
> > > move the shaft without it hooked up.
> > >
> > > I'm told by this same person that neutral is when the shaft
> > > slides in and
> > > out of the tranny,  and that each gear is a clockwise of
> > > counter clockwise
> > > rotation of the shaft.
> > >
> > > ANY INPUT??  I haven't found a trustworthy mechanic in the
> > > area that can
> > > handle this stuff.. inspections, sure,  but probably not this.
> > >
> > > Brad  (NEW TO LIST)
> > > Hi to person who stopped by my house (noticed my vanagons)
> > > and told me to
> > > subscribe to this list
> > >
>