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Date:         Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:53:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Linkage
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Remove rubber boot first and see what's going on there.  It may be just
loose setscrew in collar holding spring in right place.
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy


Peter Wilson wrote:


> Hi,
>
> As I was pushing down on the stick shift on my '84 Camper to get into
> reverse the spring mechanism seemed to let go.  Now the stick shift
> moves freely far to the left and I have to hunt about a bit to tell
> Reverse from 1st from 3rd gears.  It's taken a bit of getting used to
> but it's not much of a problem now.
>
> Am I about to have no linkage at all?  Is this the beginning of a bigger
> problem?  How much trouble would it be to fix?
>
> Thanks for suggestions.
>
> Peter Wilson
> peter@peterwilsonworld.com
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