Uhhh,

I thought the cam-shaped protrusion was PART of the shifter bar -- are you implying that it is simply attached to the shifter bar?  When I tried to turn it with pliers, the other side of the bar (where the shifter hooks to it) moved.   Am I supposed to somehow disconnect the shifter linkage first, and then try to turn it?  Wouldn't that cause my 2 & 4 to change places with 1&3 ?  :-)

Michael
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Helmut Feussner <hfeussner@PLANET-INTERKOM.DE>
    To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
    Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 7:24 AM
    Subject: Re: Reverse Lights
    
    
    I had the same problem after doing some repairs. The problem was easy: I made the cam-shaped protrusion move 90 degrees away from its original position when I was trying to get this thing off the shifter bar with a hammer.  You just have to hit it again directly on the protrusion and it will go back into its correct position. Additionally, I welded a small point onto it so it gets nearer to the ball of the reverse-switch. Now the reverse lights work...
    Seems like someone who was working on this trannsmission did not know how to remove the shifter bar (just like me) and tried it the wrong way first.
     
    Raimund

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