Greg,

Fabled Vanagon syndrome refers to a fuel injection fault which cases the
vehicle to buck.  You're thinking of the dreaded 3-4 slide syndrome,
which causes the shifter to hang up when shifting between 3rd and 4th
gears.

Saints be praised - you have neither.

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> greg crone
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:21 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: is my tranny near death?
>
> I've got an 85 westy that has a slight grind when
> going from first to second. If I wait 2 or 3 seconds
> it doesn't happen...only if I try to shift right away.
> Is this the onset of the fabled vanagon syndrome?
>
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