Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 14:24:46 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon Woes
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re.........."have to say, trying to get the shifter lined up has been one of
the most
> > frustrating jobs I've done on my Vanagon.
If you think that's bad, try adjusting the pushrod length on the clutch
master cylinder...
that is the single worst adjustment in vanagons. Fortunately it rarely
needs attention.
I don't use any Bentley shifter alignment procedures for the shifter
adjustment,
but they always seem pretty straightforward to me, with one exception.
'normally' ....you only need to fiddle with the plate under the rubber shift
boot ...
assuming nothing is falling off/loose/stuck/jammed/ not lubed at all etc...
If the linkage is basically good, 'usually' just tweaking on that plate will
get it right.
I take a small hammer and 10mm wrench with me out on a test drive ...
if it needs more say 'left' to get 1st/2nd ....I loosen the 10mm nuts part
way, then gently tap the shift plate in the direction I want to reach.
That plate can pivot, off either 10mm nut,
and it does a little left-right, or fore-aft, but mainly it twists.
IF you can not 'reach' all gears..a few times I've had to go to junction in
the shift rods that's just aft of the 2WD fuel tank, loolsen the clamp
there,
then go up and move the shfit 'more left' or whatever it is, then go tighten
that clamp back down on the splines there.
those splines allow for where the shift knob is fore-aft, and they are
where you adjsut the rotational relationship between front and rear parts of
the shift linkgae.
Between those two adjustemts, there's never been one I couldn't get to be
right.
it can take a while though sometimes.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mcneely" <mcneely4@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon Woes
Never have had broken wires leading to the door. Of course, the only thing
electrical in my door is the mirrors.
---- Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> " Is there anyone on the list who doesn't have broken wires in the harness
> connecting the doors with the body?"
>
> Not me, I fixed 'em a couple of weeks ago. Finally.
>
> Stephen
>
>
> --- On Fri, 5/21/10, Arkady Mirvis <arkadymirvis@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>
> From: Arkady Mirvis <arkadymirvis@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Vanagon Woes
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, May 21, 2010, 12:59 AM
>
>
> One has to look at Vanagon from under to understand why Germans lost the
> WW
> II. Nothing made in Germany is simple. When I do maintenance and even
> minor
> repair on my 1991 diesel Jetta and 1987 Westy my frustrations are
> expressed
> in words one can hear a mile away during the hottest hours of portuguese
> day. Access to practically everything is limited at least. By now my
> Westy,
> while looking new outside has every boot everywhere rotted, falling apart,
> including the shifter ball boot. Both rear door grommets are gone.
> Germans must learn how to chrome plate plastics. I am positive that
> everybody, except living in a rain forest, noticed how wood inside Westy
> has
> shrunk, got out of flatnest. Look at wood furniture plastic trim. It
> srunked, got out of the securing groove. Is that a heralded GERMAN
> ENGINEERING? In just the first year I wrote to VW AG a letter listing 18
> defects. ( both window motors failed, AC lost freon and compressor failed,
> propane leaked out, headlight switch, heater switches both melted,
> odometer
> stopped counting, original Continental tires horribly cracked.....and on
> and
> on. Is there anyone on the list who doesn't have broken wires in the
> harness connecting the doors with the body? One has to read the the
> messages
> appearing on my inbox list to see that Vanagon is an owner headache and a
> blessing for the reapairmen. Till the last Vanagon will be scrapped they
> shall not worry about the security of their jobs!
> Convenience Vanagon offers carries a heavy price. Read the message below
> mine and see for yourself reading the last sentense. Ark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Johnston" <inmytree1@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 4:27 AM
> Subject: Manual Shifter Woes
>
>
> >I had to replace the shifter ball on my 4-speed manual transmission in my
> > 1991 GL. Now I can't get into reverse. I push down and over, and it goes
> > into first. I'm following the Bentley procedure to align the shifter. I
> > am
> > missing a plastic tab on the front shift rod, but didn't think that
> > would
> > be
> > that big of an issue. Anyone else run into this? Any ideas or guidance?
> >
> > I have to say, trying to get the shifter lined up has been one of the
> > most
> > frustrating jobs I've done on my Vanagon.
> >
> >
> > Jim
> > Wilmington, NC
>
--
David McNeely
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