Uhhh,

I thought the cam-shaped protrusion was PART of the = shifter bar -- are you implying that it is simply attached to the shifter = bar? When I tried to turn it with pliers, the other side of the bar (where = the shifter hooks to it) moved. Am I supposed to somehow = disconnect the shifter linkage first, and then try to turn it? Wouldn't that = cause my 2 & 4 to change places with 1&3 ? :-)

Michael

-----Original = Message-----
From: Helmut Feussner <hfeussner@PLANET-INTERKOM.DE= >
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM&g= t;
Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: = Reverse Lights

I had the same problem after = doing some repairs. The problem was easy: I made the cam-shaped protrusion move = 90 degrees away from its original position when I was trying to get = this thing off the shifter bar with a hammer. You just have to hit it = again directly on the protrusion and it will go back into its correct = position. Additionally, I welded a small point onto it so it gets nearer to = the ball of the reverse-switch. Now the reverse lights work...

Seems like = someone who was working on this trannsmission did not know how to remove the = shifter bar (just like me) and tried it the wrong way first.

Raimund