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Subject:Re: wearing down my westy
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:59:03 -0500

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Shawn Wright wrote:

> I had similar problems during our last trip, except that I was fairly
> sure it was poor lube in the shift linkage, since I had the tranny out,
> and rushed it back in without lubing the linkage bushings.

Yeah, I have the same sort of problem.  Shifting gets a bit stiff after a
long highway run, and the shifter squeaks.  The shifting gets nice and
smooth, and the squeaking goes away, when I drive in the rain, so it's
almost certainly a lubrication issue.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si -- For Sale