[Vwdiesel] A2 shifter alignment question

[Roger Brown]

On 8/25/2010 10:03 PM, Shalyn Shourds wrote:
> I've got the '85 basically back online and only need to fine-tune the
> shifter.  As it is, I can barely find first.  It and reverse occupy the
> same slot somehow.  I see in the Bentley that the main advice revolves
> around a special tool which lines up on the reverse lock tab on the
> shift lever and a protrusion on the tunnel in the floor.  Anyone have
> the dimensions for that?  Any other advice?  I changed the shift lever
> to get the reverse lock back now it's worse than ever and I have to bump
> the clutch to make sure I'm in first not third or reverse.  Killing the
> engine is a bad thing in a lot of urban traffic situations, to say the
> least.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Shalyn

See below for some tips:
http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkage.shtml#FAQ10
-and-
http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkageInstall.shtml#DiagnosingProblems

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   Roger