Date:         Tue, 11 Jul 1995 14:49:36 -0300
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From:         smitht@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Tim Smith)
Subject:      Re: shifty sponge..

Hi, just my two cents, I once had the same spongy feeling, initially 
couldn't get 3 or 4th gear, 1st & 2nd OK, then I lost 1st. The 8 foot long 
shift rod under my bus had rusted away to a strand of metal, enough to pull 
into 2nd but crumpled trying for 1st. They can be welded, just stick a piece 
of solid rod inside the shift tube pieces, then braze up. No problem, aside 
from having to drop the transmission to pull the rod out, grrrr. This 
occured 3 days before a flight back from England, while I was trying 
desperately to sell the van, a '75 Kombi.  tim s.

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