RE: Rough shifting advice?

["Anthony Pelletier" <apelle62@MAIL.CAPS.MAINE.EDU>]

Date:          03 Aug 98 20:35:43 -0500
From:          Shannon Fenton <sfenton@telegroup.com>
Subject:       RE: Rough shifting advice?
To:            Scirocco List <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>,
               David Schrimpf <david@cybermail.net>
Reply-to:      Shannon Fenton <sfenton@telegroup.com>

Also try the $10 shifter bushing rebuild kit.  very easy to put in 
(once you are under the car anyway) cheap and it makes a world of 
difference if you have a sloppy shifter.  Adjusting likage may also 
help.  post again for info on adjusting linkage(we should put this in 
the rocco list archives hint hint)  I could write a book trying to 
explain how to adjust linkage.

Tony

Definately go to Redline MTL. I cant push this stuff enough. To make a
post that I have posted numerous times before short..had trouble getting
into first and second....had my 16V tranny flushed and filled at a VW dealer,
shifting got harder. Had it refilled with Redline and its a night and day
difference. Smooth and quiet even into first.

Shannon Fenton
Thank you for your time.
sfenton@telegroup.com
16volt@scirocco.org



On 8/3/1998, David Schrimpf wrote:
Hi Guys..

I have a question, but let me first remind you: I'm new to this VW stuff.
I 
know how to check the oil and other fluid levels, but that's about it, so
go 
easy on me!

Anyway, I've noticed lately that shifting in my 8v is really rough. I
mean The 
stick doesn't just slide into gear but it's very very notchy. I know it
has to 
be pretty notchy because all A1s are but I'm pretty sure it wasn't always
THIS 
bad. 

I never have a hard time finding the gears because I'm familiar with the
car 
but I bet anyone else who tried to drive it would have some trouble.

The transmission was replaced several months ago. I think there's a
tranny from 
a GTi in there now. 

So my question is, is there anything relatively simple I can try to make 
shifting smoother? I was thinking transmission fluid maybe... but the
manual 
says the transmission fluid never needs to be replaced?

Thanks in advance

- - David Schrimpf    (david@cybermail.net)
- - '85 Scirocco  8V  Wolfsburg Edition

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