Date:         Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:48:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill MacLachlan <billmacla@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bill MacLachlan <billmacla@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      shifting- repost
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Hi all..
apologies if I'm wasting band width here this is a re post tbecause I had a
message rejected reply from the listserv.

here is the text that may or may not have got through.....


here's the situation:
new tranny. good shape. full confidence in it.
drive for an hour or two, freeway/town, come back into home. Go to shift
down to second to turn a corner and.....can't find it. Try a couple of
times. Shift to third, back to second and there it is. phew.


It's an 82 diesel with a gas I4 in it.
I'm thinking the shift linkages are worn/tired/out of whack.


Has anyone replaced these linkages? They are the same as the aircooled
linkages, yes?
Has anyone adjusted these linkages?
Am I the only person out there in early vanagon land that has had this
problem?


any/all comments observations welcome..... because right now I don't trust
the van to consistently drive 20 miles.


Bill M
vancouverBC