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 RENNWAGEN
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 08:37 PM |
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Shifting Problems?
I've got a 67 kombi, IRS with Lbug box. I have an empi trigger shifter that has been working fine for a couple of years. Today I was driving in
traffic and I started having trouble selecting 1st and 2nd. It got to the point where I could hardly get them. Then I found that if I pulled the
trigger on the shifter I could get 1st and 2nd but absolutely not reverse. Then as I'm driving along I change from 2nd to 3rd and I find 1st instead
bringing me to a screeching halt from about 70k's. The shifter is not loose on the floor and even after loosening it and trying to adjust its
positioning I have the same problem. Does anbody have any ideas as to what is going on?
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bajachris88
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 10:23 PM |
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Is ther any grinds?
Is it still hard to shift with the engine off?
Hows the bushes / selector coupler rubber (in particular)?
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| posted on October 1st, 2009 at 12:14 AM |
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sounds like the coupler is stuffed. where the shift rod attaches to the gearbox selector shaft. too much play here and u wont be able to select gears.
the shifter will also feel sloppy.
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 vw54
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| posted on October 1st, 2009 at 06:37 AM |
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start at the back
check the bushes in the selector housing
check the coupler
check the sleeves along the shifter rod
check the indet plate under the shifter
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vwsteve
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| posted on October 1st, 2009 at 07:48 AM |
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my 74 kombi has the same problem, its a new trigger shifter which has had trouble since day 1, the standard gearstick worked better.Mine works better
when i loosen the stick from the floor a little, i even put a spacer between it to help it, shortly after i fitted it the trigger thing made no
difference for reverse and i was crunching reverse trying to find second, it turned out the welds broke in the base of the new shifter so i rewelded
it.Great quality.....NOT!
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