That's a classic Lyle!       :-)

You're better off using lithium grease or my new favourite, Fluid Film, to
lube the bushing on the shifter shaft. Oil makes it swell and deteriorate.

Happy Motoring!

On 9/12/06, Marion Lathem <resiolute@copper.net> wrote:
>
> Well, I spent much of the day, building my heat shields out of aluminum...
> !  This afternoon, I was cleaning out the van as it's almost ready to go...
> waiting on the key part of the ignition switch.  I was cleaning out the
> tools, left over hoses, as it had become the catch all of everything... and
> under a piece of old carpet, that had been in the van since I bought
> it.  There was all three pieces I needed, the heat shields I frantically
> searched for everywhere.
>
> DUH... but as I look at them, I am not sure if I don't like mine better...
> but I will probably round up screws and put them on.  Everything is
> working,  all gauges seem to be working,  and I lack checking the
> transmission oil... with the cat and exhaust on it sounds so pretty.
>
> The shifting is a bit balky, might need some oil on the grommets..?
>
> We will put insurance on it tomorrow, and I've worked so long on it, I'm
> almost afraid to get out and drive it.... put it on the road...afraid I
> might break it...loll...!
>
> I feel like I've just had a new baby....pass the cigars out....!!
> Lyle Lathem
> 1985 Vanagon GL
> It's Alive,  I tell you..It's alive....!
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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