[Vwdiesel] no reverse

[Roger Brown]

Stephen Kraus wrote:
> Okay, according to one post I saw, I can adjust the shifter from the
> driverside of the transmission. I found the bar that goes into the tranny
> for the shifter, but the throwbar that actually connects to that is a solid
> steel piece, so I cannot adjust it.
> What should I do here?
> I was thinking buy an adjustable metal bar and throw it in there, but I
> don't want something that may shift position on me at a later date.
> 
> Oh and what seemed to cause this debacle:
> We had the starter off, and the bolts for the starter actually hold the
> tranny and engine to the front engine mount. This caused the engine/tranny
> to shift position just a bit, then when we remounted it, POOF, no more
> reverse :(
> 

You can loosen the splined clamp on the end of the rod coming from the shifter to make an 
adjustment as noted in the Bentley manual.  Or you can get an adjustable linkage set to make those 
adjustments easier:
http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkageInstall.shtml#DiagnosingProblems

-- 
    Roger