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Date:         Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:22:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
In-Reply-To:  <b2ac7c9e0510161348y39da60a7ib849f3a0256eaa5c@mail.gmail.com>
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Does the position of your shifter appear normal, fore & aft? Perhaps if the spline joint
was off, it could somehow affect second gear. Maybe check for signs of the shaft
contacting things when in 2nd. Have you dropped the shifter box above the spare tire
to look for anything odd?


On 16 Oct 2005 at 16:48, Mark Brush <mbrush@GMAIL.COM> wrote:


> Thanks Angus and Shawn - I climbed under a van here in town and discovered
> that my trans was bolted into the correct holes (I guess all vanagons have
> eight holes where the trans bolts to the frame), so I'm back to square one.
> Can't figure out why several transmissions aren't staying in second gear. Maybe
> I'm just lucky. 3 transmissions with 3 bad second gears...
>
>
> On 10/16/05, Shawn Wright <swright@zuiko.sls.bc.ca> wrote:
> >
> > This is what I have discovered, in my sample of 3 transmissions in two
> > vans:
> >
> > '82 Diesel with stock DZ 4 speed - use passenger side set of holes
> > '88 Gas with stock ACW 4 speed - use passenger side set of holes
> > '88 TD conversion with '83 diesel DX 5 speed trans - use driver side set
> > of holes
> >
> > With the 5 speed, I tried the passenger side holes, and found the linkage
> > interferes with the coolant pipes, and the CVs were clearly more extended on
> > the driver side when I went to attach the driveshafts.
> >
> > On 15 Oct 2005 at 23:59, Mark Brush <mbrush@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > > I shifted the location of my trans (moved the front end of it one inch
> > to
> > > the left) - next I'll have to adjust the linkage to this location. Looks
> > > like I'll have to shift the exhaust a little too (one of the pipes now
> > > touches the metal below the rear bumber).
> > >
> > > I'm not convinced this was the right thing to do. Before I make all the
> > > other adjustments...does anyone know where exactly the front-end trans
> > > bracket should bolt to the frame? Should it be exactly smack-dab in the
> > > middle of the frame? Or more to one side than the other?
> > >
> > > I'm tempted to go crawl under another Vanagon in town so I can measure
> > where
> > > their bracket falls on the frame. :-)
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help - I'm new to this list and I sooo glad it exists!!
> > >
> > > Mark B.
> > > Ann Arbor, MI
> > >
> > > On 10/11/05, jimt <camper@tactical-bus.info> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > Shawn Wright
> > http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
> > '85 Jetta D
> > '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
> > (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
> > '82 Diesel Westy
> >
> >
>


Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy
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