Mmm, I am not sure really... pretty sure it is under the gearstick... when I move the plate around, I seem to regain 3rd (and usually lose 2nd)... I haven't pulled it apart yet (as I have a nasty habit of breaking things when I do!!!) but I am hopeful it is only the bushes...
But I have been putting it off way too long (we have been driving it around as is), I'll pull it apart tomorrow - Alice has just decided she would rather spend the money she would have spent on eBay on getting Woger's mechanical fixed... (we'll see... ) I have been keeping my eye out for a compressor... got a new 450w orbital sander too, as I wore out the old one removing a layer of bog...
Now to find a place that supplies bushes, if it is as I suspect...
but I'll remember the offer of the box... - yeah we currently have a 002 5-rib gearbox with an 1800 engine. _________________ ....Woz
One of the reasons I was hoping Alice might buy another kombi is so I could replace and then rebuild the box and engine, borrowing from the other kombi.... _________________ ....Woz
Despite many post in various arenas some 1800s had 3 rib box.
It is a good box. If you read transmission forum you will find their is very little differnces in the gearbox ratios but in final drive ratios.
The secret of all Kombis performance has been the selection of ratios for all models from original 1200 cc up to 2000cc.
The very early ones will pull as much as a 2 litre due to ratios and reduction gear. They still did 100kmh as this was a compulsory design feature of all VWs.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________ Kombis Keep you Younger
Mmm, a 3-rib gearbox might be a good idea then (assuming it turns out not to be the bushes)... I hear rebuilding a gearbox is a fiddly job, though, and not really recommended for the inexperienced... I reckon I would have fun then!
Mmm, I might have to chat to the boss then, and see what she is willing for me to do... but the recent lack of 2nd gear has proven how good a kombi really is, we have no problems without it! _________________ ....Woz
I'm pretty sure it is just the bushes...a little adjusting and some gears work..for a bit...I don't think we need to redo everything (fingers crossed..I hope).
Woz is right...he never lets 'good enough' alone..and he tends to break 'good enough'. Now the rule is 'good enough' = don't touch!
I'm sure that when we take him in for his next service Wolfgang (our trusty mechanic) can fix him. _________________ "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative" (Oscar Wilde).
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pretty sure it is under the gearstick... when I move the plate around, I seem to regain 3rd (and usually lose 2nd)... I haven't pulled it apart yet (as I have a nasty habit of breaking things when I do!!!) but I am hopeful it is only the bushes...
) I have been keeping my eye out for a compressor... got a new 450w orbital sander too, as I wore out the old one removing a layer of bog...
