I shifted the location of my trans (moved the front end of it one inch to
the left) - next I'll have to adjust the linkage to this location. Looks
like I'll have to shift the exhaust a little too (one of the pipes now
touches the metal below the rear bumber).

I'm not convinced this was the right thing to do. Before I make all the
other adjustments...does anyone know where exactly the front-end trans
bracket should bolt to the frame? Should it be exactly smack-dab in the
middle of the frame? Or more to one side than the other?

I'm tempted to go crawl under another Vanagon in town so I can measure where
their bracket falls on the frame. :-)

Thanks for your help - I'm new to this list and I sooo glad it exists!!

Mark B.
Ann Arbor, MI

On 10/11/05, jimt <camper@tactical-bus.info> wrote:
>
> Good chance that the shifting of location is part or all of the problem.
> Shift rods are no longer going to line up correctly.
> jimt
>
> On 10/11/05 7:57 AM, "Mark Brush" <mbrush@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> >> When I was under the bus, I noticed that there were 8 bolt holes where
> the
> >> front end of the transmission bolts into the frame of the bus instead
> of 4
> >> ("front end" meaning where the transmission bushing bolts into the
> frame
> >> of
> >> the bus). It seems like a previous owner shifted the front end of the
> >> transmission to the left by an inch (maybe the original bolt holes
> >> stripped
> >> out). Could this possibly have an effect on second gear shifting? Are
> the
> >> eight bolt holes for the transmission normal? What are the odds of
> having
> >> three transmissions with bad second gears?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help!
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >>
> >> Mark
>
>