Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:32:18 -0800
Reply-To: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: new 82 vanagon L
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Courtesy of fellow Listmember who lives in a place even colder than Chicago:
http://shufti.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/2011-05-22-06-55-42-pm.png
Exploded illustration of shifter with associate linkage. Basically hand connects to shifter. Shifter connects to linkage. Linkage connects to transmission.
BenT
sent from my manual linkage
On Jan 2, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Kendra Calhoun <kendracalhoun@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> what's this "linkage" everyone keeps talking about?
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 4:07 PM, John C... <yacoltyayhoo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kendra,
>> Welcome to the list! :o)
>> Just talked to my son in Chicago.
>> he says there is a dusting of snow
>> in the city where he's at.
>> Driest December on record, here in the PNW?
>> Arizona here we come !!! 78 & sunny !!! :o)
>> Don't forget the sunscreen ! &&& my thong ;o)
>> ....You'll probably have to drop the spare tire in front
>> and work your way along the linkage, back from there to the Tranny
>> with a oil spray can (never WD-40 :o) and some grease !!!
>> hee...hee... (an inside - list funny :o)
>> John C...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Kendra Calhoun <kendracalhoun@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks! Electronic Leash...haha...
>>> The squeak only started when the temperature dropped up here in Chicago.
>>> It
>>> squeaks when shifting up from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd. I hear it coming
>>> from underneath somewhere... I hope it just needs fluids or oil or
>>> something easy like that!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 3:06 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Welcome to the group, Kendra.
>>>>
>>>> You may need to be more specific about that "squeak".
>>>>
>>>> sent from my electronic leash
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 2, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Kendra Calhoun <kendracalhoun@GMAIL.COM>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hi everyone, glad to be a part of this very active list! i just
>>> bought an
>>>>> 82 vanagon L to take my band on tour across and around the country. so
>>>> far
>>>>> it runs great with the exception of a bit of squeaking while changing
>>>>> gears. looking forward to learning how to work on it. think i should
>>>> start
>>>>> with getting the manual? happy new year everyone!
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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