I drove my old squareback many mile with a bungee cord tied to the sifter holding it in fourth. After about twenty thousand miles, it started popping out of third, too. I then found a used tranny for a hundred bucks (1980). Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: <KENWILFY@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:23 AM Subject: Re: slipping out of 4th gear
> If you drove out in the middle of nowhere and had this problem and then had > to hold or tie the shifter in gear for the trip home: > A. Would this work? > B. Would this do some terrible damage to the tranny and should not be tried > even as an emergency proceedure? > > I have heard of people doing this just to get home, but I wanted Dayrll's > opinion of it. > > Thanks, > Ken Wilford > http://www.vanagain.com > John 3:16 > Phone: (856)-765-1583 > Shop: (856)-327-0027 > Fax: (856)-327-2242 > |
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