[Vwdiesel] A4 cable shifter

[Shalyn Shourds]

I was able to ignore it for a while, but I absolutely can't get the shifter
into the fifth gear gate.  The shift cable bushings have minimal play, I've
adjusted it correctly and then plus/minus correct.

More worrying, I released the side to side cable and wasn't able to move
the mechanism atop the tranny into fifth either.  Same thing: bounced off
the divider and went into third.

I am somewhat concerned that there's something deeply wrong in the case.....

Ugh.  If VW would sell me a brand new Sportwagen I'd walk in with a grocery
sack full of cash.  Sadly, I'm gonna have to fix this or just drive
everywhere much slower.....

-Shalyn
On Feb 22, 2016 12:02 AM, "Shalyn Shourds" <tippedcows.spiltmilk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Anyone ever have a cable shifter end slip and blow the alignment?  I lost
> 3, 4, & 5 leaving work the other day.  Fishing around in the cab, it turns
> out the Allen key for the sunroof fits pretty well in the alignment holes
> so I got the car back to rights.  Problem is it's been drifting around some
> since.  It seems nutty to me that should come loose, but I'm getting near
> to 400,000 mi and you just never know what's going to wear out.
>
> I just need to fix this permanently.  Last time I had to "adjust" it was
> in Highland Park in Dallas.  It's the kind of place where you can get
> pulled over for driving a mere VW, much less one that looks like something
> made from Mad Max leftovers.
>
> Really officer, I got lost looking for the trailer park.....
>
> -Shalyn
>