Just call AA Daryl Christensen.
I drove about 300+ miles on an interstate with a tranny stuck in 4th and
only bough gas from stations with ramps heading back down toward the
interstate.
Everything worked out fine.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Walters" <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: stuck in fourth gear

> Roger,
>
> There is tons of material in the archives on the 4th gear or 3/4 slider
> problem.  One search frequently doesn't find the material that is
> needed.  Use different search terms.  In emails, few people are going to
> type out "fourth."   To the search engine "fourth" and "4th"  are
> probably as different as "fast" and "Vanagon diesel."
>
> Did you try "4th gear"  or "3/4 slider" as search terms?
>
> Or look for transmission posts from Dennis Haynes or Daryl Christensen.
> You can get their emails addresses out of the archives. They both post
> almost every time someone inquires about these transaxle problems.   In
> fact, you could greatly reduce the amount of 'garbage' to wade through
> in your search results by putting in a search for either of the terms I
> suggest above and restricting it to one of these names, then repeating
> the process for the other name.
>
> Sam
>
> --
> Sam Walters
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