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Re: VW trans warranty

To: <Smokerbros@aol.com>, <dave2020@mindspring.com>, <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: VW trans warranty
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:24:06 -0600
From: Smokerbros@aol.

>Have you ever beat synchros
>during a shift and heard the resultant crunching noises?

Are you kidding?  I have modified the Europa linkage so it has a small
pattern and NO play.  I can beat all the syncros, all the time.  That's not
saying much, since Renault syncros are really slow.

>It can't be good.

Quite.  I now make a momentary pause in neutral with every shift, and have
no more problems.

>All that aside, I'd put the stock shifter in and give it a try.

Maybe you'd want to do that on a VW (and maybe not:  I was never overly
impressed with the shifters on VW cars I have owned), but I'll never go back
to the guess-a-gear shock shifter on a Eruopa!

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC   pethier@isd.net     http://www.mnautox.com/

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