"Sticking" gears????

[Ilias Glavinas <eg1@ee.wustl.edu>]

I put in a used 4K tranny in my 85 back in February. The guy I bought it 
from (for $220) said it was off a an 84 GTI and had 80K only and he drove 
it before he took it off the car. I really doubt that, as the round 
posts of the shift linkage (that the plastic ends of the small arms snap 
around) had a lot of rust on them. That tells me right there that the car 
had not been driven recently. 

Anyway, I put it on, and it has produced no problems except it was kind 
of hard to take it out of 3rd or 5th (really mild, but I could feel it). 
Then, the last 3-4 weeks with the temperatures rising, there have been 
instances where I have to really pull hard on the shift lever to take it 
out of 1st. It feels almost as if I am not depressing the clutch (which 
of course I am, all the way). If I pull it hard it comes out and it is 
ok. This symptom occurs about 2-3 times a week now. I have been told it 
might be the adjustment of the clutch cable. I have adjusted it but have 
seen no improvement. The only thing that might be the culprit there is 
the fact that I am using an 84 Jetta cable, which is slightly shorter 
than the 85 Scirocco cable (long story about why I have to use that 
cable). Still, there is a slight play at the pedal, and a slight play at 
the selector lever on the tranny, as there should be. I doubt that is my 
problem. 

Is this "sticking" of the gears a symptom that has been seen before? What 
am I to do. I am already thinking about emailing the guy who gave me the 
tranny and complaining to him. 


Ilias

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