Stuck in gear is not a linkage issue. 

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dan N
Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 1:47 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: shifting anomaly...

clutch is OK... shifting to other gears is smooth with no hiccup or grinding. From Neutral to 1st is smooth as butter but then getting out of 1st is hard. I remove and inspect this housing... seeing nothing

http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1589_784/housing-for-shifter-mechanism.html

I suspect this shift guide is worn but it look OK too..

http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1921_784/shift-guide.html

thanks