Hi Doug,
I hear what you are saying.
..that you put things back like they were , without making any changes and
the linkage doesn't work so well.
I've had that happen on doing a clutch job.
just undoing the linkage seemed to throw it off.
Of the two times that happened..
I had a case where you couldn't move the shift knob far enough to one side
or the other to engage that 'row' of gears , like say  3rd/4th.
in both cases I had to loosen the clamp where the splines are just aft of
the fuel tank,
and rotate one rod relative to the other.

this was after adjusting the shift plate under the rubber boot at the base
of the shifter ..
that's where I usually tweak to get it to all work right ..
some adjusting that plate around is almost normal to play with some,    if
gear selection at the shift lever is off.

Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug" <shirewood@WILDBLUE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: 1.9 manual 4 speed linkage question

> Thanks Scott,    It's not resolved yet.  I moved it to the other side and
> it
> was worse.  Moved it back and still not right.  I have the Bentley out and
> I'll see what I can figure out today.  We didn't touch anything in the
> linkage except the bracket so we shouldn't have to make any adjustments
> forward of that, should we?  Also, I don't think it is excessively worn
> parts because it was working smoothly before we dropped the transmission
> to
> replace a seal. That work was done for me by a local mechanic who is very
> good but not a vanagon specialist.
> Thanks
> Doug E.
> '84  Van-Go
> '67 vw convertible  Vert-i-go