On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Lund wrote:

> My wife was coming home from a long trip, when she started to have problems
> getting the van into gear.  I found that with the clutch pedal to the floor
> it would grind into reverse.  With the clutch pedal to the floor you could
> shift into 1st-4th, but it would grap within the first inch of pedal
> movement.  The fellow who works on my van has looked at this problem before
> and said the "shift guides" are worn.  The problem went away, but now is
> back.  Any help would be appreciated. Van has 140K on it.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Bill Lund

           Try the clutch!   If shifting is a problem in all gears   
           the clutch is probably hanging up.

                      Eric Zeno