Good goin' Ken !
that's great that you can offer these parts for people that need them.

I don't find that many air-cooled ones still running around myself much ..
( though I don't work on them ...................I try to keep them away ! )
....
But there are Many 82 Diesel Vanagons ..
and people will always keep those running, and of course they use the same
parts on the shift linkage as the air-cooled ones.

re
"There is only one other bushing that is at the universal joint
> connection that we don't have available at the moment. "

I just had my nose and hands 'way into' 82 DV linkage..( and just looked
again to be sure )
and near the universal joint , which is just a few inches aft of the aft
edge of the fuel tank ..
the nearest bushing to there that I see, is the one that's about 18 inches
forward of the u-joint, above the fuel tank.
Is that the one you mean ?

I don't quite get your comment 'sorry vanagon nerd' ..
is that how you self-identify ....?..........is that what you're saying ?

scott
www.turbovans.com
( Vanagon Whisperer )

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Wilford" <kenwilfy@comcast.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: Finally got new Air Cooled/Diesel Center Shifter Bushings in
stock!

> Scott, and the cool part is that at the moment I have all of those pieces.
> We make the guide pin, I have the bushing for that and the boot.  We also
> have the double ball shift levers new and the center bushing.  There is
> only one other bushing that is at the universal joint connection that we
> don't have available at the moment.  Hopefully we will have that at some
> point in the future as well.  I just want to have everything so if a
> customer calls me and says "I have an 80 Vanagon and I want to completely
> rebuild the shift bushings" I can tell them, OK we have a kit for that.
> We are 90% there right now which is very exciting!
>
> Sorry Vanagon nerd here.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
> Phone: 856-327-4936
> Fax: 856-327-2242
>
> On 11/17/2011 7:04 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>> I just went through this in an 82 DV ..
>> I would say 'vague shifting' is commonly related to the Guide Pin Bushing
>> ..
>> that post that's bolted to the trans  - it's common for the bushing on
>> the Guide Pin to be missing..
>> resulting in 'lost motion' some..and vagueness.
>>
>> the other place that wears a lot, is the white plastic balls arrangement
>> at the base of the shifter.
>> I have not observed that anyone ever lubricates that area ...which would
>> sure help on reducing wear.
>> Of course, 82 DV's are not 30 years old...
>> if it's original there, it's like very tired, and that can cause vague
>> shifting for sure.
>>
>> The bushing that's in the tab of metal that hangs down above the fuel
>> tank ..
>> when those are gone or slipped out of place..
>> shifting is still ok.....
>> but you get an awful metal-to-metal screeching sound when moving the
>> shift lever fore and aft, and that's about the only symptom.
>>
>> That bushing there, above the fuel tank ..
>> I just made one of those a lot better without removing the fuel tank ...
>> but to actually get at it and replace it, the fuel tank pretty much has
>> to come out of the van.
>>
>> by just removing the lower holder-straps the fuel tank drops down about
>> 3/8ths of an inch ..
>> not much help.  I was barely able to get one arm and hand back in there.
>>
>> Scott
>> www.turbovans.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Wilford" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:38 AM
>> Subject: Re: Finally got new Air Cooled/Diesel Center Shifter Bushings in
>> stock!
>>
>>
>>> It can help quite a bit.  If you are worried about vague shifting I
>>> would check the rear bushing and guide pin first.  I have those as
>>> well.  If they look good then I would suspect this center one.  Let me
>>> know.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ken Wilford
>>> John 3:16
>>> www.vanagain.com
>>> Phone: 856-327-4936
>>> Fax: 856-327-2242
>>>
>>> On 11/17/2011 10:31 AM, ralph meyermann wrote:
>>>> Is that to help with vague shifting?
>>>>
>>>> Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 16, 2011 5:16 PM, "Ken Wilford"<kenwilfy@comcast.net>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear List,
>>>>
>>>> This has been a long time coming.  I have been working to secure these
>>>> bushing for the last four or five years.  They are finally here.  I now
>>>> have brand new center shift rod bushings for the Vanagon Air Cooled and
>>>> Diesel from 80-83.5!  It is almost like finding the Holy Grail.  I have
>>>> 17 of them here at the moment so if you are interested please let me
>>>> know.  If you look on this diagram you will see the one I am talking
>>>> about is number 21 on the chart:
>>>> http://www.vanagain.com/**images/earlyshifter.jpg<http://www.vanagain.com/images/earlyshifter.jpg>
>>>>
>>>> They are selling for $24 each and the part number is 251711207 in my
>>>> webstore.  Now I can finally say yes to people when they call me
>>>> searching for these :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ken Wilford
>>>> John 3:16
>>>> www.vanagain.com
>>>> Phone: 856-327-4936
>>>> Fax: 856-327-2242
>>>>
>>
>>
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