Phew, It's just the AT shift cable. Soaking it in penetrating oil as a temporary fix until I can get anew one. Vendors??? Can't find any on the web...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Pedersen" <mikeped@shaw.ca> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 10:39 AM Subject: Re: automatic transmission adjusting
> Thanks Ed, > > So I tightened the bolt to clamp the bushings to the linkage. Seems like > poor (cheap) engineering to me. I am back to where I was before. The > tranny will shift ok into reverse and neutral, but only with great (and I > mean great) difficulty into Drive. It will not go into 1 or 2. Currently > it is stuck in Drive. I have had this difficult shifting in the past and > lubing up the cable has worked. Maybe I was fixing the symptom, not the > disease. > > I am now searching the archives with "ATF" with no luck. > > Any ideas anyone? > > Regards, > > Mike Pedersen > Powell River, BC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 4:58 AM > Subject: Re: automatic transmission adjusting > > > > The part that has the "detents" that determine the selection of gears is > in > > the trans itself. With the linkage disconnected the lever should move > > easily with little resistance and no detents. > > > > Edward > > > > At 11:05 PM 8/29/2003, you wrote: > > >Anyone know how to adjust the stick on an AT? I was having trouble > > >shifting mine. It was really hard to shift. The selector to linkage > part > > >just above the spare tire was incredibly dirty with a dirt and grease > > >mixture. So dirty, that I couldn't even tell it was a slotted > > >hole. Soooo... I removed up the bolt and bushings and cleaned them > > >up. Is this supposed to slide or does it work by clamping the bushings > to > > >the linkage rod? Right now when I start the van, it drifts backwards as > > >if slightly in reverse. > > > > > >BTW, I tried to search the archives, with no results. Ever do a search > > >with "AT" or "auto" or "adjust" in it? Don't...it is not case > sensitive... > > >(at). > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > >Mike Pedersen > > >'88 GL Westfalia automatic (well, not right now...) > > |
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