Thanks Ed,

So I tightened the bolt to clamp the bushings to the linkage.  Seems like
poor (cheap) engineering to me.  I am back to where I was before.  The
tranny will shift ok into reverse and neutral, but only with great (and I
mean great) difficulty into Drive.  It will not go into 1 or 2.  Currently
it is stuck in Drive.  I have had this difficult shifting in the past and
lubing up the cable has worked.  Maybe I was fixing the symptom, not the
disease.

I am now searching the archives with "ATF" with no luck.

Any ideas anyone?

Regards,

Mike Pedersen
Powell River, BC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 4:58 AM
Subject: Re: automatic transmission adjusting

> The part that has the "detents" that determine the selection of gears is
in
> the trans itself.  With the linkage disconnected the lever should move
> easily with little resistance and no detents.
>
> Edward
>
> At 11:05 PM 8/29/2003, you wrote:
> >Anyone know how to adjust the stick on an AT?  I was having trouble
> >shifting mine.  It was really hard to shift.  The selector to linkage
part
> >just above the spare tire was incredibly dirty with a dirt and grease
> >mixture.  So dirty, that I couldn't even tell it was a slotted
> >hole.  Soooo... I removed  up the bolt and bushings and cleaned them
> >up.  Is this supposed to slide or does it work by clamping the bushings
to
> >the linkage rod?  Right now when I start the van, it drifts backwards as
> >if slightly in reverse.
> >
> >BTW, I tried to search the archives, with no results.  Ever do a search
> >with "AT" or "auto" or "adjust" in it? Don't...it is not case
sensitive...
> >(at).
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Mike Pedersen
> >'88 GL Westfalia automatic (well, not right now...)
>