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Date:         Wed, 1 Nov 2000 21:26:37 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gearshift stuck!
Comments: To: Michael Samson <mcsrugs@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <3A00BC15.128D@attglobal.net>
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At 19:57 11/1/2000, Michael Samson wrote: >out of 4th gear. Needless to say, it wasn't easy getting the thing home. > >Any ideas, anyone? I've been on the list for only a couple of months and >haven't noticed this sort of problem yet.

Almost surely you have cracked the 3-4 gear hub, a known weakness of this transmission. See http://volksweb.relitech.com/091trans.htm for the gory details.

david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"


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