Bob, I might add to that - unless you really know a mechanic that has been into the manual tranny's and has the right tools - stay away! The manual tranny requires special jigs for assembly and adjustment and it ain't every bear in the woods that has those special jigs.. There is a guy in my area - Leeds, AL - that can do the job, and he also rebuilt my engine, did a fine job too, but if you have the time - AA Transaxle would be the way to go. Daryl pays special attention to critical details. Good Luck, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Chelsea, AL
Bob Stevens wrote: > Oh, and if it is the slider, it's a tranny teardown and repair, not > something you can do on the road. Something a person like Daryl at > AATransaxle.com does. > bob > > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:33 PM, David Wilhite <dlwilhite@comcast.net>wrote: > > >> I've finally had a mechanical difficulty after many years of driving my >> Vanagon and it happened just 20 miles from where we were trying to get to >> for the day. I drove the last bit at 30-40 mph because I am not able to >> shift into 3rd or 4th gear. >> >> >> >> While checking things out, I took the shifter coupling off at the tranny >> and I am not able to get the plunger shaft to move back and forth for the >> 3rd and 4th gear positions. It does move side to side like it's supposed >> to, but won't rotate forward or backwards. So evidently, something has >> happened in the shifter area. >> >> >> >> Does anybody have some experience with this occurrence? Is there something >> I can pull a part and repair? Anybody in the Lewisburg, Columbia, Mt. >> Pleasant,TN area that happens to have an extra tranny around? Thanks for >> any input/help. >> >> >> >> David Wilhite >> >> 84' Westy >> >> Middle TN >> >> > > > |
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