Kim has a Syncro. Reverse and Granny low are syncronized. Crudely done but
Syncronized just the same.

Dennis

>From: Bob Donalds <donalds1@VERIZON.NET>
>Reply-To: Bob Donalds <donalds1@VERIZON.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Shifting when hot
>Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:26:12 -0700
>
>I had a similar hard shifting hot condition until I switched to synthetic
>in
>an 84. Reverse is the gear that has no syncros and if its hard to engage
>hot
>then I think the trany might just be low on gear oil and overheating. If it
>was clutch disc droop then hot or cold you would have a shifting problem
>
>Bob
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:41 PM
>Subject: Re: Shifting when hot
>
>
>>Kim,
>>When you say first, are you talking the normal 1st gear or the granny low?
>>If the normal 1st, it sounds like the Subie power has given you a cracked
>>1-2 slider hub. Yes it does happen and the hard hot shift of 2-3 is the
>>first symptom of that one failing. If it is the granny 1 and reverse, than
>>you need to check the hub and Syncros there. That one can just get
>>twisted. There may also be problem with the shift shaft. This can be
>>checked and fixed in the van.
>>
>>Dennis
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>>Kim Brennan
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 7:45 PM
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Shifting when hot
>>
>>My westy continues to have a couple of annoyances. One of them is
>>(once again) a shifting problem. When the engine (whole vehicle) is
>>cold, I have no problem shifting in to first or reverse. However as
>>the temperatures climb (mid 30's Centigrade here in southern Ontario)
>>it become nigh on impossible to get it into first or reverse when the
>>engine is hot. This is especially bad in traffic when I've been
>>running the AC.
>>
>>Let the engine cool down some and I can get it into first again.
>>
>>I'm puzzled by this temperature related shifting problem. I just
>>don't know what to make of it. When the transmission was pulled last
>>summer the rubber mounts all seemed fine.