Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:25:17 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
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Hey, nice to read all your words.
on your stiff linkage deal...
I doub it has anything to do with gear oil.
let me ask you this...
if I recall correctly ....there is a bushing in a tab of metal hanging down
above the gas tank,
on DK 4 speed shift linkage.
If that is there ...
it's not used in waterboxer linkage.
yeah, see page 34.2 .......in the lower left hand corner of the page it
shows 'center shift rod bushing'.
it's above the gas tanks where you can barely shoot lube at if from the rear
of the tank.
it's not used in wbxr linkage as shown on page 34.6 and 34.7.
If that is somehow stil there...
that could be a factor.
or maybe you already took care of removing that part. I just bend the tab up
out of the way, and have done that with gas tank in place.
otherwise, I just spray lube everything really well, from the base of the
shift ( from top and bottom ) , to the shfit box, to all bushings.
sometimes if there is binding, loosening mounting bolts, then wiggling
everything will make them fall into natural alingment, then tighten back
down.
heck....drive it with slightly loosened things here and there ...
not a normal tactic, but worth considering.
re fixing stuff full time professionally. The more you specialize, the
better you get at that one thing, like say vanaogns.
I don't usually do 'foreign car repair' anymore .. And regular 'car repair'
day and and day out , can be stressful for sure.
Man, you gotta manage those jobs and customer's very, very skillfully. Paid
my dues there I'll tell ya !
one of sayings on it is : The car is just the car, and whatever is worn out
or tired in it ...is just how it is. It's the "People Part" that's the
tricky part. - i.e. the owner/customers who do or don't take care of their
cars, are willing to pay for decent work or not, etc. Then the tech has to
do great workmanship, and delvier the result, on time, within the budget.
and ....the Single Most Important Step of the Entire Car Repair Process (
professional car repair i'm talkin' about ) is "How You Sell the Job."
that's where you make it or break it right there...in selling the job right.
It cost me mucho dollars to learn that lesson well.
I never have a problem in that department these days.,...and any shop should
be turning down some jobs and some customers. When you see a red flag
.....and you think 'yeah, i see that red flag, but I can handle it '
.....most of the time in retrospect you wish you had not gotten involved
that time. What you don't take on is as important, at least, as what you do
take on.
I just look for a win-win all around. Some people will try to make it a
win for them only....want to make sure not to get involved with those
people.
May the Vanagon Gods smile upon your Vanagons and all the parts contained
within,
and may the lube in your spray cans find its way to the right places on your
vanagon !
Scott
www.turbovans.com
Scott