So your van was shifting ok, then you tweaked a part in the linkage?
Which part? Was it only the shift plate?

Have your Dad watch various parts of the linkage while you go through
the gears (engine off). There's several spots where play can occur and
mess up the shifter. Inspect the ears on the shifter at shift box.

If you played around with the splined shaft adjustment (joins front to
rear rods), watch that part while someone shifts. The front/rear rods
should move as one.... if that makes sense.

Neil.

On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Ian MacDonald
<overengineered42@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have recently bought an 85 Wolfsburg Weekender Edition and was having
> lots of fun with it. Until I messed up the shift alignment, and lost first
> and second, having magically turned in third and fourth. Now, after reading
> my Bentley, I thought I had fixed it after going through the steps. But to
> no avail.

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