Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:09:03 -0800
Reply-To:     Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Introductions
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Thanks Greg,

I've sent him an email and hope he gets back to me sooner than later.  Do
you know anyone reasonably priced in this area who can work on the fuel
injector leak?  I know Ovals probably can do it and if I recall correctly
there's still a VW shop down in Tacoma, but I don't know who's got the sauce
these days.

Thanks again,

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Greg Potts
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:58 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Introductions

Hi Matt,

My 87 wolfsburg vanagon was popping out of 4th gear last year; I drove it
for about 6 months (approximately 20K miles as a daily driver) using a
bungie cord from the seat belt receiver to the shift lever in order to hold
it in 4th. After a couple months of driving it like this I started to hear a
whining noise in 1,2 and 3. Although I was assured it would probably last
50K miles while making that noise, I started looking for another
transmission.

Then back in November 2008 I was able to source a replacement transmission
and since the swap (December 27th) it has not once popped out of fourth
(knock on wood). No modifications were made to the shift mechanism when the
transmission was swapped.

Reverse playing hard to get; ...that could definitely be a shift linkage
issue. But the fourth gear popping out is caused by worn edges on the teeth
of 4th gear and there's nothing gonna fix that without replacing the
transmission or parts thereof.

The good news for you is that you're not nearly so far away from Darryl at
AA transaxle; it might be best to give him a call and see what's involved in
getting inside that transmission and making things right.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973 westfakia
1987 Wolfsburg weekender
www.busesofthecorn.com