Re: 1st gear lock out at 10mph?

[Veedub <myjunkbox@home.com>]

> This whole time i thought my linkages were all off. I can't get into first 
> when i'm going about 15-20mph. and sometimes i would jam it in. but now.. 
> this time. i just lightly pushed on first while the car was going. it it 
> slipped in at about 10mph. is this normal? someone here said it was about 
> 30mph?
> 
> Thanks
> Wing

It is very easy to get any VW tranny to downshift back to first.   Take
the car out of gear, release the clutch, rev up your engine to spin the
synchros, then clutch and put it in gear.   But then again, you
shouldn't ever need to do that unless it's an emergency and your brakes
failed.   If you're at an auto-x and you need to downshift into first,
you just aren't going fast enough through the corners!

Jay

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