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Hi Greg As promised, here are some tips on your parking lock problem. The VW workshop manual says: "When the selector lever is moved to position P, a pawl is pressed against the outer rim of the planet carrier which is grooved to form teeth. When the vehicle is moving very slowly, the pawl engages in one of the grooves and locks the rear wheels via the planet carrier. ...snip..." The internal components of the parknig lock requires the transmission to be dissassembled to get at, but it is possible though that the selector cable needs adjustment as problems here can cause the parking lock to act up. To adjust the cable: Move selector lever to Park position Loosen nut on cable clamp Press lever fully to the rear, turn the rear wheels slightly until parking lock engages and then tighten nut on clamp. When doing so, position the wrench so that when tightening the nut. the lever is pressed to the rear in the park direction. See if this helps. Regards Adriaan Loedolff adriaan@norton.ctech.ac.za '69 Variant Automatic (200 000 miles + and still cruisin' after all of these years!)