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Date:         Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:34:05 -0400
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Subject:      Re: (new to list!)  tranny stuck in gear!
Comments: To: Bradley Flubacher <flubach@home.com>
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I'll bet he is talking about the 091 tranny that was in the air-cooled Vanagon, not the 091-1 in the water cooled vanagon. On the 091, the linkages are up near the nose cone. There is a circlip that can pop off the selector shaft and leave you "shiftless". That would most likely affect all gears.

On the 091-1 transmission, the shifting mechanism is more towards the center of the transmission housing. The selector shaft could have broken - but I have never heard of one breaking while in use. They get damaged when the mechanic tries to put the trans back together wrong and forces the shaft into place.

TomC tcarrington@relitech.com http://www.relitech.com/tomc http://volksweb.relitech.com 85 Vanagon Crew Cab 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion 81 Checker A-11 (Taxi) 65 Notchback

> -----Original Message----- > From: Bradley Flubacher [SMTP:flubach@home.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 7:37 PM > To: Carrington, Tom; Vanagon Mail > Subject: RE: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear! > > I just got off the phone with Gary from "Gary's rebuilt VW engines and > transmissions". > > From how I described the problem to him, he suspected it was a bracket > inside the transmission that broke. He suggested that I have someone > lower > the nose of the transmission and take of the cap. Right inside, he > described a bracket that would be broken and easily replaced. > > Has anyone heard of this? Make sense? Anyone lowered the nose of the > transmission without taking it out? > > Brad > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carrington, Tom [mailto:TCarrington@ReliTech.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 6:20 PM > To: 'Bradley Flubacher'; Vanagon Mail > Subject: RE: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear! > > > You have some pretty good advice so far. Definitely try disconnecting the > linkage and testing the shifting. > > Yes, the tranny is in neutral when you can pull the shaft in and out of > the > tranny. Play with it and you will be able to "feel" the shift pattern. > > But the bad news is that your symtoms are typical of the 091-1 > transmission > when the 3rd/4th gear operating sleeve (slider) cracks or breaks. The > problem is documented on my website at > http://volksweb.relitech.com/091trans.htm > > Good luck, > TomC > tcarrington@relitech.com > http://www.relitech.com/tomc > http://volksweb.relitech.com > 85 Vanagon Crew Cab > 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion > 81 Checker A-11 (Taxi) > 65 Notchback > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bradley Flubacher [mailto:flubach@HOME.COM] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 6:26 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear! > > > > > > '84 digijet, 4 spd > > > > I was happily driving along last night when I couldn't get it > > out of third > > gear. Try as I might, I wouldn't go into the "real" neutral. > > It seems to > > go into a "phantom" neutral that slightly grinds when I let > > out the clutch.. > > scarey. > > > > I've tried to manually move the shaft on the tranny but > > couldn't move it > > much more than how I could inside the van. > > > > Someone recommended that I remove the linkage back at the > > tranny and try to > > move the shaft without it hooked up. > > > > I'm told by this same person that neutral is when the shaft > > slides in and > > out of the tranny, and that each gear is a clockwise of > > counter clockwise > > rotation of the shaft. > > > > ANY INPUT?? I haven't found a trustworthy mechanic in the > > area that can > > handle this stuff.. inspections, sure, but probably not this. > > > > Brad (NEW TO LIST) > > Hi to person who stopped by my house (noticed my vanagons) > > and told me to > > subscribe to this list > >


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