The shift linkage in pre 83 vanagons ( 80 to 82 air cooled, and 82 diesels ) isn't as good as the later linkage, for sure........................ but 'complete failure' is overstating it a lot. There are many other reasons to avoid an air-cooled vanagon in my not-always-that-humble opinion though ! -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Kai Mei Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 6:07 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: pre 83 manual shifting, substandard or unrelable? Go westy writes: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> additionally, the first stab at the 4-speed shifter system was a complete failure and was totally re-designed with the introduction of the gasoline water-cooled model in late 1983 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What's your guys take on it? Should the A/C be avoided for this reason? Thanks. |
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