Great pics Alistair.

As shown in the diagram, if one is feeling adventurous, the U joint
(later style transmission) does come apart and can be greased. Mine
have a *little* play but the shift linkage is still pretty tight. IIRC
some of the vendors sell those parts.

And a small caution. I installed a new transmission shift lever boot.
It cracked very quickly. Pretty sure it wasn't installer error. Just
suggesting that even if one has a boot that looks a bit old, it may
out last a new one.

Neil.

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> not as exciting as an oil cooler, but I did muck around on the van
> today. Cleaned and lubed read end of shift linkage
>
> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/vanagon-syncro-shift-linkage-rear-and-a-glance-at-the-front/
>
> and I put a check valve on the windscreen washer line. I had it on my
> old van, can't say if it really makes much of a difference but what
> the heck.
>
> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/vanagon-check-valve-on-windscreen-washer-line/
>
> alistair
>

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