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Date:         Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:16:25 -0800
Reply-To:     Matthew <mpteleski@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Matthew <mpteleski@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      '90 Vanagon trans trouble
Comments: To: vanagon@yahoogroups.com, iweedman@yahoo.com
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mistakenly sent to the admin folks. see his plee for
help below. please pmail him on replies, as this as
gone to Gerry, which i doubt he is subscribed...
thanks
-mp
--- Ian Weedman <iweedman@yahoo.com> wrote:


> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:55:12 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ian Weedman <iweedman@yahoo.com>
> Subject: '90 Vanagon trans trouble
> To: vanagon-owner@yahoogroups.com
>
> Hope this reches Vanagon land.  I own a '90 Vanagon
> GL
> manual trans.  I recently began having trouble with
> the transmision.  1st gear is very hard to find and
> get into.  I have to pull the stick rather forcfully
> to the left and push back and forth until it finds
> 1st.  Sometimes it ends up in reverse.  There is no
> grinding to speak of going on.  When shifting from
> 1st
> to 2nd the transition is sticky at best.  All other
> gear transitions are normal.  The van has high miles
> and I am not sure of the transmisions maintenance
> history.  Any thots or advice would be greatly
> apreciated.  Thanks, Ian




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