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Date:         Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:14:31 -0600
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
In-Reply-To:  <b2ac7c9e0510110657l1193f130pc8b913fbfbde89fe@mail.gmail.com>
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Good chance that the shifting of location is part or all of the problem. Shift rods are no longer going to line up correctly. jimt

On 10/11/05 7:57 AM, "Mark Brush" <mbrush@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>> When I was under the bus, I noticed that there were 8 bolt holes where the >> front end of the transmission bolts into the frame of the bus instead of 4 >> ("front end" meaning where the transmission bushing bolts into the frame >> of >> the bus). It seems like a previous owner shifted the front end of the >> transmission to the left by an inch (maybe the original bolt holes >> stripped >> out). Could this possibly have an effect on second gear shifting? Are the >> eight bolt holes for the transmission normal? What are the odds of having >> three transmissions with bad second gears? >> >> Thanks for any help! >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Mark


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