At 12:30 PM 11/20/95 -0600, H2obxr@aol.com wrote: >OK, so about a week ago, it was all of a sudden (literally from one shift to >the next) difficult to shift from third gear into fourth, or third into >second. All other gears are fine, including downshifting. > I was grumbling to the dealer that despite $50 worth of new plastic bits, fistfuls of grease and a couple of hours dicking my shifting wasn't 'like new'. He said to adjust the vanagon by putting the shifter into reverse, then loosening the floor nuts and letting the plate end up where it wants to, then retighten. The stick should be vertical when done. I haven't tried this yet, sounds bogus, but hey, its free, and you're doing it anyhow, so let us know if it's true<g> Tim Smith
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