Sounds like the infamous 3-4 slider hub.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of gary
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 12:29 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd gear

My 84 has trouble shifting into 3rd on occasion-likes to grind in for a
half a second (shifting at a low idle drive will
relieve this sympton most of the time). I am now in the habit of
skipping over 3rd and right into 4th .
 I was told that 3 out of 4 dentists recommended syncros for their
patients
who chew transmissions. Is this most likely?

gary-Florida
84 Vanagon
72 baha