Oh, and if it is the slider, it's a tranny teardown and repair, not
something you can do on the road. Something a person like Daryl at
AATransaxle.com does.
bob

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:33 PM, David Wilhite <dlwilhite@comcast.net>wrote:

> I've finally had a mechanical difficulty after many years of driving my
> Vanagon and it happened just 20 miles from where we were trying to get to
> for the day.  I drove the last bit at 30-40 mph because I am not able to
> shift into 3rd or 4th gear.
>
>
>
> While checking things out, I took the shifter coupling off at the tranny
> and I am not able to get the plunger shaft to move back and forth for the
> 3rd and 4th gear positions.  It does move side to side like it's supposed
> to, but won't rotate forward or backwards.  So evidently, something has
> happened in the shifter area.
>
>
>
> Does anybody have some experience with this occurrence?  Is there something
> I can pull a part and repair?  Anybody in the Lewisburg, Columbia, Mt.
> Pleasant,TN area that happens to have an extra tranny around?  Thanks for
> any input/help.
>
>
>
> David Wilhite
>
> 84' Westy
>
> Middle TN
>