Weird gearbox question

wacked1 Custom Title Time!

1,508 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 18 Jun 2004, 12:50 pm

#188646

A friend of mine has an early bug the prob is. when the car is pointed up a hill it wont go into gear but when it is pointed down a hill it will go in without a problem have you heard of this before can you help him.
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wacked1

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don't worry it's a VW thing

jnr356 Wolfsburg Wizard

603 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 18 Jun 2004, 6:57 pm

#188895

broken gearbox mounts?

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 18 Jun 2004, 7:01 pm

#188899

Hmm that sounds really weird,

I'll guess that the shifter bushing is probably worn, as well as the shifter coupling and the tranny mounts.

changing the shifter bushing works wonders 😀

Jon