A2 Jetta question; hard to get into reverse - going OT

[tomc at satx.rr.com (tomc)]

Speaking of perverse, has anyone else found Most Extreme Challenge on TV
yet? It is the most hilarious thing I've seen on TV in years. There's a
site at: http://www.spiketv.com/shows/meec. If you can find the show sit
down and watch it. I get it on Time Warner Cable. 

Scirocco content? I haven't seen any on the shows yet.

Sorry for the waste, just had to share, 

Tom C
'79 "The Project" Scirocco




Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:34:13 -0400
From: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: A2 Jetta question; hard to get into reverse
To: <scirocco81@vwmail.net>, "C Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com>,
        <mkii_84@yahoo.com>, <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
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> Am I the only one that found this post....um....perverse?
> Eric

yup, just you...
:)
Al

> --- "C Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com> wrote:
> ALso, mine had been stubborn going into reverse recently, it was (once
> again) the little ball on the "lollipop" in the linkage, it fits into
a
> metal gate, and had gotten sloppy. New lollipop, cranked down, now
reverse
> is easy as you please. So that's yet another part that can impact
reverse.
I
> believe A2s also have this part. This also leads to excessive "up and
down"
> play in the gear shift lever, it shouldn't flop around a lot, if it
does,
> you have a loose/damaged  lollipop. This can also give a very evil
rattle,
> sounds like your exhaust rubbing on the frame. (hold the gear shift
and it
> goes away, another little diagnostic)
>
> But I'd suspect you jumped a spline or two, that seems to be more
common.
>
> It's really hard to stay on track here, my husband likes his new ball,
says
> it will make him faster...
> Cathy
>
>
> >From: Andrew Wong <mkii_84@yahoo.com>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Re: A2 Jetta question; hard to get into reverse
> >Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:51:25 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >I'll tell my friend about the linkage adjustment.  Is
> >there a special tool to adjust the linkage?  How
> >different is it from the Sciroccos linkage?  I can
> >adjust mine by trial and error, as currently mine is
> >going to third gear instead of first, but was my fauly
> >when I did it on my car.
> >I forgot at the time when I was looking at the car,
> >that I had the problem in my Scirocco with the
> >adjustment.  I do remember it was my friend shifting
> >the car when it was off and the next time it was drive
> >reverse was first gear, but the problem was fixed.
> >--- "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> > > > Probably is the adjustment or the bushings or
> > > both.  Usually the the linkage
> > > > doesn't just go out of adjusment unless someone is
> > > messing with it so I
> > >
> > > Not so! I've seen the linkage adjustment "jump
> > > splines" a couple of times
> > > when someone was loading a heavy object in to the
> > > passenger seat and they
> > > smacked the shift lever hard side-to-side. Once the
> > > shift lever has moved
> > > fully to one side and stopped, all the torque
> > > created goes in to the
> > > splined coupling and it can break the coupling loose
> > > enough to move it a
> > > spline or two.
> > >
> > > Check your bushings, but definitely check your
> > > linkage adjustment as well.
> > > A little bit of adjustment (1 mm) can go a long way
> > > towards better shifter
> > > operation.
> > >
> > > -Toby
> > >