Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1998 01:30:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Syncro shift problem
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I guess all of you reading the subject thought "well, that was another
Syncro 'box", but this was another kind of problem, the one I least
thought would happen.
Yesterday, while driving around, I noticed the distance between 1-2 and
3-4 speeds began to be too long, always banging the stick into the
CD-player while putting it into 3rd.
I figured it to be a coupler on the rods underneath, and finally had to
drive home (about 3 miles) in 2nd speed, because I couldnt get it to
neutral. When I got home I got a friend of mine to move the stick, while
I looked under. Suddenly, I heard him go "ooops", and he told me to look
at this. When I got out from underneath the van, he stood there with a
strange smile, and the stick in his hand!
My question to you all is: Is the stick on the syncro similar to the
4-speed or the 5-speed?
One shop I talked to said that the Syncro and 5-speed used the same
stick, and the 4-speed were different, but they didnt have any for sale
:-( , while the other shop(the had a Syncro car, but was not sure wether
they was going to part it out) said that it was the other way around,
that I could use one from a 4-speed.
If you have any info on this I sure would appreciate this, as this is my
only car, and it is so hard to get to and from work.

Per Lindgren
88 Syncro