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Date:         Thu, 25 May 2000 12:09:43 -0400
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Subject:      Re: shifting problem
Comments: To: Pat Collins <collins.90@OSU.EDU>
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Sounds like the 1st/2nd operating sleeve stripped it's teeth. :(

Complete tranny teardown/rebuild is the way to go if that is the case.

TomC tcarrington@relitech.com http://www.relitech.com/tomc http://volksweb.relitech.com 85 Vanagon Crew Cab 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion 65 Notchback

> -----Original Message----- > From: Pat Collins [mailto:collins.90@OSU.EDU] > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:02 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: shifting problem > > > Symptons: > > 1. Will shift into 1st and 2nd (or at least it acts like it > shifts), but no go. > 2. Reverse, 3rd and 4th work fine. > 3. No strange noises, vibrations, or html emails other than > when it happened. > 4. Wife as always had problems getting it into 1st and 2nd. > > This occured when starting from a light, heard a loud grind > and it poped out of first. > > Pat N8VW > 84 GL > > P.S. I searched the archieves with no luck. >


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