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Date:         Fri, 1 Dec 95 12:03:17 PST
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From:         steven.huss@bangate1.TEK.COM
Subject:      re: Smoooooooth Shifting

Wow, that's great! Hey you explained it very well.

Wish I could say the same. My transmission is half way disassembled in my garage. Hope to separate the gear stacks over the weekend to get at the offending parts.

Steve

H2obxr@aol.COM Wrote: | | Well, I finally solved about 90 percent of the problems I was | having getting | from third to neutral and third to fourth gears on my '88 GL. | Thought I'd | seen some postings from folks with similar problems, this | might help. |

| Well, the "cup" | that the ball sits in was about one-third ful of a compacted | grease/dirt | mixture that had become solid enough to cause the ball to | raise slightly out | of the cup, intsead of transferring the motion to the rest of | the linkage.

| BTW, sorry for the lack of technical references to the | linkage dohickey's; I | still don't have my Bentley manual yet :) | | Cliff | | '88 Vanagon GL, shifting much better now, TYVM!


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