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Date:         Wed, 6 May 1998 07:39:10 -0400
Reply-To:     Don Gibbons <dgibbons@PRESRAY.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Don Gibbons <dgibbons@PRESRAY.COM>
Subject:      Re: Hello! I'm new to the list and my '86 Weekender's
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Comments: To: Valerie Chandler <martycha@IX.NETCOM.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Grinding gears is %95 of the time cause of clutch or shift linkage problems, Not transmission. The parts in the trans that when bad make grinding noise are call "syncros" and go bad on 1st gear before any others. If your 1st gear is normal then the rest should be OK too.

$1,000 might seem alittle steep but what are they doing? Just the clutch? or maybe more.

Pawling NY

Cars I have: 93 Eurovan MV Cars I had: 89 GTi 16v 75 Westy 87 Syncro 73 Super 83 Rabbit GTi 82 Vanagon Diesel (w 83 GTi engine)


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