I can shift again without grinds, lockouts, and asphyxiation from holding my
breath until I hit the next gear. I ended up adjusting the connection
between the two shafts. I went too far at first but then eased it back one
click of the splines at a time until Voila!  Thanks Scott for that guidance.
I also received help in the Samba archives. Another good resource.
Doug E.
'84  Van-Go
'67 vw convertible  Vert-i-go
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
To: "Doug" <shirewood@WILDBLUE.NET>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: Re: 1.9 manual 4 speed linkage question

> 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
>
>