Assuming your drive shafts are still connected.....      :)

Engine off, parking brake on etc. (safety first!) get helper or make
video with a cell phone or ?, and watch if shift lever at transmission
 image: (minus the shift rod)   http://tinyurl.com/8gt48vp   moves in
a distinct pattern:

Wiggling in neutral:  lever ~ vertical, moves in/out.

1st:     In toward driver side & back
2nd:   Still in but moves forward
3rd:    Out to pass. side & back
4th:    Still out but forward

You should also hear the gears make an audible "clunk" as shifter
moves from gear to neutral to gear.

If that's ok and you feel a distinct "H" pattern at shifter in cab,   < shrugs >

And FWIW, here's an image of the internal parts Dennis speaks of:

Air cooled transmission, (this aspect same as WBX transmission).
Clutch housing removed, looking downward from end of input shaft:
http://tinyurl.com/c43e6zw

Neil.

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> You need to make sure is getting the box into some gear. Since it suddenly
> stopped with shifting/clutch actuation I would suspect the input shaft may
> have separated from the main shaft, especially if the engine was recently
> out. There is a coupling-screw-snap ring set up that holds the two shaft
> pieces together. Tranny is coming out.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Dake Collins
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 7:14 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: transmiision problem
>
> Returning from a quick trip to the wilds of the north Maine woods I Wu-Wei
> developed a sudden problem. after a stop I shifted into 1st gear and nothing
> happened . Clutch seems to have proper resistance but no transmission
> engagement. Does anybody have any ideas of what the problem might be and,
> more important, what the fix might be.
> Thanks - Dake

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Neil n

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