Over the last year I have been having occasional issues with getting my 84'
4 speed into 1st.
Over that time I have rebuilt the entire linkage with GoWesty parts and put
in new T3 shifter tabs.
I have been greasing the linkage bushings with T3 shifter grease and all
works well for a month or so but then I have to clean and regrease the
bushings. Once that is done it is fine, for a while.
Today it suddenly would not go into 1st. No warning. I got it going using
2nd but at the next stop It would not go into any gear.
I had to leave it parked and returned with WD40 to clean the linkage
bushings. From underneath I was able to get them cleaned and got the
shifter rod moving smoothly in and out of gears.
I got inside and it shifted smoothly but when I started it up it would not
go into any gear.
Turned off it went into gear.
What am I looking at here?
Any ideas?
Thx
Patrick

On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:34 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Popping out of 4th gear is usually a main shaft bearing problem or the
> housing for it. Getting stuck in 3rd or 4th is usually the slider hub.
> Losing 3rd or 4th is the drive hub breaking off the gear.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of joe kallo
> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 7:01 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Borescope: Inspect Transaxle 3/4 Slider Hub?
>
> Mine, which died this spring, started with occasionally popping out of 4th.
> I had never heard of the 3/4 slider issue, so I always just assumed I'd
> not managed to get it all the way into gear. Then I started having problems
> shifting out of 4th occasionally. That's when I started doing some research
> and learned the bad news.
>
> Joe
>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 5:52 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> > I've got 251,000 on my original manual transmission in an 85 tintop.
> > I drive it really gently, always have, and my van is really light; I'm
> > the second owner; bought with 32,000 miles.  I now have 2.2 Subie
> > motor but only use the extra power occasionally.  Shifts silky smooth
> > too; just got shifter ball replaced, it broke after 250,00
> > miles....just went "pop" one day while shifting into reverse to back out
> of garage.
> >
> > BTW...what are the "warning" signs when a transmission is starting to
> die?
> > Rich
> > San Diego
> >
> >
> >       From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >  Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 3:21 PM
> >  Subject: Re: Borescope: Inspect Transaxle 3/4 Slider Hub?
> >
> > You are a lucky one! Not the only one but lucky just the same. Are you
> > the original owner? Proper care and feeding along with gentle driving
> pays off.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> > Behalf Of Steven Shelton
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 6:17 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Borescope: Inspect Transaxle 3/4 Slider Hub?
> >
> > I have 287,755 miles on my original transaxle.
> >
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> > On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Would suggest it depends on how it's driven, type of gear oil used,
> > > engine type, is it a rebuilt, by who, etc. My buddy has at least
> > > 400,000 KM's (250,000 miles) on his '85 original transaxle.
> > >
> > > Neil.
> > >
> > > On 8/1/17, steve meassick <stevem@tdhvac.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > What is the consensus on how long the manual transmissions really
> > > > last before they start failing?
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > Neil n
> > >
> > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca>
> > >
> > > 1988 Westy Images
> > > <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy>
> > >
> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical
> > > <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/>
> > >
> > > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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