Patrick,
I just did this on a '80 Transporter- put it in 2nd gear, loosen the two nuts in
the cabin, and pull the lever towards left, while tightening the nuts again, it
did the trick on this VW anyway

PerL

Patrick Foltz wrote:

> Now having rebuilt the clutch master cylinder......yes, it's starting to get
> cold in Virginia.  (The start of my fall season begins with a hydraulic system
> failure.)
> 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.  Bentley mentions changing front shifting box if the problem persists
> on the earlier vans (mine's an '80).  Has anyone done this in case my
> adjustments won't work?
>
> TIA, patrick