Patrick Foltz wrote:
>
> I'm still having trouble getting into first gear.  I figured out last night
> that if I pushed the shifter down, and around the reverse lockout, I could get
> first.

Patrick, if you go to the Archives and do a word surch on shifting
problems, you'll find a number of great suggestions. I did because I had
the same problem with a 81 Vanagon. Turns out it was needing a little
re-aligning of the shifter shaft at the coupling just aft of the chassis
beam that is in front of the transaxle. Five minutes and I put to rest a
problem that plaged me for four+ years!

Tyrone
Big Pine Key, FL

87 GL Syncro
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81 L SOLD a week ago