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Can't get into 1st or 2nd since eng swap




Folks,

I dropped the 1.8 liter into the '81 last week, kept the wide ratio tranny and
I haven't been able to get into 1st or 2nd gear.

All 4 engine mounts were replaced. 

I have test driven the car, hard to get going in 3rd though. :( 

I have been up under the car loosening the 13mm nut/clamp that grips the
shifter's rod; the one right under the linkage and tried adjusting it but all
I get for my trouble is less movement.

The thing that keeps you from going too far and getting into reverse is in the
way it seems, but no adjustment seems possible at that end.

Possible I am binding something in the tranny, knocked the linkage fulcrum
bracket sideways, used the GTI's linkage pieces?

Help!

tia,
TBerk

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