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On 19 May 2006 at 8:33, Natassia Niblett wrote: > It won't shift into gears...I either need a new one or the syncrows have > gone and I need a new tranny is that right? I thought it was the clutch > because when I adjusted the clutch cable it got better and I was able to > shift now I cant even get it into ANY gear :-( The transmissions are pretty durable, so the problem is most likely to be in the clutch area. If it won't go into any gear, even standing still, then my guess is that it's just not completely releasing for some reason. The most probable causes are a broken (or mostly broken) clutch cable or a seized pilot bearing. The cable is relatively simple to replace, but the pilot bearing requires that you pull the engine. Chris mentioned the release bearing forks, which certainly go bad, but if those are broken you will probably have a clutch pedal that's sitting on the floor (because the little return spring's long broken) or it's really weak feeling. It's also possible that the steel clutch cable tube that's welded into the body pan has broken loose where it exits the rear of the pan. This can also be fixed without taking much apart. You just have to remove the cable, slip a large washer over the end of the tube, and gently weld the washer to the tube. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~