You don't happen to hve part #'s because when I installed a berg shifter I
noticed that the plastic parts were cracked and need to be replaced!
Fred
1982 Vagagon Diesel Westy "Sammy"
1984 GMC Suburban Diesel 4 X 4 "The Beast"
----- Original Message -----
From: "James T." <jboldway@INTCON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: shifting problems

> Howdy - thought I'd pass on some info - my shifting in my '85
> panzerkampingwagen was getting harder and harder, finally I couldn't get
2nd
> gear even after i adjusted the linkage. Then I could hear a whine coming
from
> the transmission - uh-oh - I was worried about big $$ expenses. Then, car
got
> stuck in 4th gear - upon inspection it seems all the problems stemmed from
> gimball mechanism in floor where shifter pivots - all parts are plastic
and
> they appeared to have been failing for quite a while until finally they
totally
> disintegrated. So, I'd suggest replacing all the plastic junk ($50 from
dealer
> for every plastic part in shifter mechanism). Cheap insurance. Also, if
the
> linkage is failing and pushing on gears causing tranny whine - it might
cause
> tranny damage from cheap plastic parts.
> Just my 3 cents.
> Tom Boldway
> '85 Westy
> "Panzerkampingwagen"
>
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