To whoever asked about the existance of EuroVans "out there": My '93 EV is just shy of 30K miles, and so far, so good (mostly). The noisy speedo is again silent without me doing anything besides thinking kind thoughts and treating it well. My previously- reported power window getting stuck in the down position was not resolved by the dealer (re-lubed). Someone here reported a recall on the the windows, but the dealer denied that, saying there are recalls on Passats only. I'd appreciate any further info on that. My EV has auto trans (not my first choice, or second - at the time it was my only choice). Anyway, I have a problem to report that may not just be specific to autos. I just fixed this today after wondering about it for 6 months. In warmer weather I used to notice a drop or two of water appear on the top of the shifter lever housing after a long drive. I puzzled about that a lot but never took it apart to see where this was coming from. Since the weather has turned much colder, it became very hard to move the shift lever upon initial start up of the day, i.e. coldest. This morning it was -5 F here in Central Mass, and was almost impossible to shift out of Park. I of course forced it and it almost sounded like ice breaking. Took it apart and that's what it is. Somehow water has entered the rectangular box that the shift mechanism fits into, and the water has just sat there for months, at least. Lots of cleaning and lubing to do. I'm guessing that the water has entered the box (which attaches to the bottom of the EV) through the linkage hole. If you see water drops forming on or around your shift lever, take it apart, there's a swamp under there. There was about a cup of rusty water in there! Yuk. About the Bentley: I got a reply from Bentley too this week, like Ric. Lots of apologies - no book. I'm really starting to get nervous that I'll need it before late next summer! Whoever it was that was getting the VW shop book, can we ask you to look up things when we run into trouble?!! rob 93 EV 87 Quantum GL5
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