I referred him to the SA group. Thanks Mark. Passed along Dennis' diagnosis
too.

John Meeks
'91 Vanagon MV Phoenix
Northern Michigan

Vanagon Rescue Squad
www.vanagonauts.com

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:17 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> You should refer him to the South African Syncro group on Yahoo. They are
> pretty active.
>
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/**group/SyncroSA/<http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SyncroSA/>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> John Meeks wrote:
>
>> Hey list folks,
>>
>> I got an email from a guy in South Africa with a  '90 Syncro. He asks: ' A
>> problem popped up that I do not know how to deal with. While driving on
>> highways the gearbox pops out of fourth gear.  Is this something that will
>> have to go in to a (very expensive) workshop and rebuild exercise. That
>> said, I live in South Africa where spares for these vehicles are
>> non-existent.'.
>>
>> Any ideas to address this issue?
>>
>> John Meeks
>> '91 Vanagon MV Phoenix
>> Northern Michigan
>>
>> Vanagon Rescue Squad
>> www.vanagonauts.com
>>
>>