I always push started in 3rd or 4th, on other vehicles... I had to do
it a couple times in the vanagon and chose 3rd.

On Nov 25, 2007, at 11:30 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> Actually, On a Syncro in low or reverse it does not take too much.
> Consider
> that those gears are ~6 to 1 ration plus the almost 5 to 1 on the
> ring-pinon. Going down a hill you can get that tranny going fairly
> fast. The
> real damage though comes from letting the clutch engage. This can
> tear up
> the clutch, or most likely break the low gear carrier housing. The
> best gear
> for push starting is usually 3rd or 2nd.
>
> Dennis