Michael,

    You may ask others for suggestions but mine is to drain and frefill the
transmission with synthetic gear oil. Works wonders on a2 jettas. I'm going
to change my 84 vanagon's this weekend. I think you'll need 4 quarts.
(3.something)

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael David Korsak" <mdk166@PSU.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 7:50 PM
Subject: '90 Westy 2nd gear

> Hey everybody,
> With the cold weather we've been having here in central PA, i've noticed
> some really hard shifting into 2nd gear on my manual 2.1l westy.  I
> notice this trouble only on cold driving, before all the fluids and
> components have a chance to warm up.  I have let the van warm up, but
> have not noticed that this has improved the problem.  When shifting into
> second (cold), the gear grinds, and generally takes some force to get it
> into gear properly.  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance.
>
> Mike Korsak
> '90 Westy - unnamed
>