Re: 1st gear troubles

[Benjamin Harder <vwtype53@yahoo.com>]

--- Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu> wrote:
> Getting in to first gear has always been tough in my car and the shift
> to
> second gear has also been less than easy.  But Today I could not for the
> life of me get in to first gear while at a dead stop unless I put it in
> second gear first. What would cause this? I was planning on changing the
> trans fluid but I dont think that would solve the first gear troubles?
> What else could it be? oh, I changed most of the shift linkage parts
> recently but I guessed I could have missed something somewhere?

It may just be time for another shift linkage adjustment...my 16v was
having that problem and I got under the car to check out the linkage and
just played around with adjusting it...seemed to do the trick.
Can't hurt to re-adjust it...as long as you make it better.  ; )~


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Benjamin Harder
86 Scirocco 16v
81 Scirocco
http://members.xoom.com/Scirocco16v/
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