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Date:         Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:55:21 -0600
Reply-To:     Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject:      Re: 85 gl transmission problems Memphis TN
Comments: To: Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM>
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I'm wondering if his clutch disc didn't disentigrate?

DM&FS

At 10:35 PM 12/30/2007, Jonathan Poole wrote:

>Hello List, > >A good friend of mine purchased his first Vanagon last week. He bought an >85 gl passenger van with a manual transmission. After driving up the state >of Mississippi on his way to his home in Memphis TN his transmission stopped >working. I am going to phone him to talk through some trouble shooting >proceedures but wanted to contact the list on two points. > >First does anyone on the list have a lead on a good and hopefully cheap >manual transmission in the case that his proves faulty. > >Second does anyone have any suggestions or experience with the symptoms that >he describes as: > >".....stopped at a red light was taking off .....think i was in about 2 or >3rd gear...and it seemed to have jumped out of gear.....i clutched >it......to find that the gears were no longer there....so i coasted to the >high school where it still sits......i tried going into every gear....but >they don't seem to be there....i can even crank it and shift through the >gear pattern with no clutch pushed in....it doesn't grind.....i checked the >linkage up to the tranny housing.......its all fine.....climbed under and >shifted it by hand.....so its something inside the housing......any ideas as >to what it could be?..." > >Thanks as usual,, > >Jonathan Poole >'83 AC Westy


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