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On 27 Sep 2002, at 0:57, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > i think i found the problem...well my squareback had beeen idling kind of > high, and as i didn't have a carb balancer-i didn't get around to adjusting the > idle. anyway it wasn't idling high due to carb mis-adjustment, it was idling > high due ot the fact that something was jammed on the accelerator pedal. when i > removed this-the idle went down to normal, and the grinding appears to have gone > away. then againit was an intermittent problem-but my fix makes sense to me, if > i am idling too high i will grind into first-but no other gear will be > affected(this was my symptom) If everything is in good shape it still shouldn't grind into first gear, but the 1st gear syncro rings get the most wear and they are probably pretty worn on your tranny. You can help this by pushing in the clutch then pausing before you try to shift into 1st. You can also try slipping into 2nd first, and then sliding up into 1st. This uses the 2nd gear syncro rings. If neither of these helps it is likely that your clutch is not releasing completely. If this doesn't get fixed it will cause you to wear out your syncros. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/