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This was my first thought too. How is it when you are stopped at a light? It would seem the clutch was not disengaging all the way. When it shifts OK you probably just get lucky and sync the gears up. In the past (80's) I have been able to shift a VW without using the clutch at all as long as I don't have to stop. :-) BTW I was able to take back my Dual carbs, coil, fuel pump, etc. They gave me a store credit otherwise I would have had to pay the 20% stock charge. Oh well. I guess I will have to spend it sooner or later. I would like to put in a reverse lock out shifter and was wondering which one you recommend. The guy at the store said he liked the one with the ring you pull up. I like the t-handle one with the button. He said those were made cheaply now and don't last long. Take care, Rich & Nicole (Daughter), SoCal 70 Squareback FI http://community.webshots.com/user/schlegelr -----Original Message----- Russ Wolfe said> If it seems to shift OK, when the motor is not running, but won't shift when the it is running, then the clutch is not releasing. It may be as simple as a bad clutch cable, of it could be a clutch cable tube broken loose inside the tunnel. It is also possible the the pilot bearing in the end to the crankshaft is bad. The first 2 can be done with the motor and trans in the car. The other requires an engine pull. -----Original Message----- From: Russ Wolfe [mailto:russw@classicvw.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:30 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] Shift problems O > Just, sometimes the lever does not want to move, esp. into 1st & 2nd. > When the car's off, it moves easily, with or without the clutch depressed. > When we're running, the shifter works normally about half the time, and with > varying difficulty the other half. > Sometimes it absolutely refuses to go into 1st or 2nd - the trick I've > happened upon (symptoms only started yesterday) is to find 3rd, start to > slip the clutch, then it'll go into first no problem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org