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On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 23:01, Mark Fuhriman wrote: > Suddenly having trouble with engaging 2nd gear in my manual transmission. > No grinding or noises from the transmission, and it has always shifted > smoothly until yesterday. No problems with any other gears. It developed a > sudden tendency to go into 4th when I try to engage 2nd. What kind of > repair am I looking at here? > > The tranny supposedly was rebuilt soon before I got the car 25k miles ago. > Actually, I think it's a Type 1 tranny because it has only one drain plug. > I have never changed the fluid, although I did top it off once with about a > half pint of GL-4. It suddenly occurs to me that perhaps it was rebuilt > with GL-5, thus leading to synchro failure..? > > -Mark Fuhriman > '69 Fastback Check the shift plate adjustment under the shifter. And check the shift coupling at the front of the trans. Also, check for sagging or loose motor/trans mounts. This sounds like a shift linkage aligment problem rather than a problem inside the trans. Worst case I would say, is a problem with the nose cone bushings or a bent shifter hocky stick in the nose cone. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org