Roger..Check your eng/trans mounts also...Sounds like the linkage is in a
bind more than a tranny problem.
Daryl of AA Transaxle
Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
1-877-377-0773 toll free
425-788-4070
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86 Syncro Westy WBXTurbo

----- Original Message -----
From: "roger sisler" <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 8:25 AM
Subject: stuck in fourth gear

> Hello, the recent bout w/vanagon syndrome (or imitation vs) caused my
> shifter to get stuck in 4th gear . All the bucking , I think, has caused
> the shift mechinism to get out of adjustment. The shifter would move all
> over the place when bucking. I hope this is the problem , and not the 3-4
> slider  inside the transmission. I was fearing that damage to  this may
> happen while I was figuring out the solution. I can get the trans out of
> 4th by pushing down on the stick , like I want to get into reverse. If I
> catch reverse at 50mph by doing this, I think the problem will be
> moot.Definately not an easy downshift. Anyone seen this problem before? I
> typed" fourth gear" into the archives and got nothing.I can live like
> this, but the excitement each time I down shift really isnt needed here.
>
>
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