Re: New 'rocco owner with questions

["John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>>Hey all.  Just bought an '84, and I have a few questions.
>First of all, whilst heading down the highway in 5th at 80, the tranny
>decided to drop out of 5th and into neutral (therefore over-revving the
>engine).  I shifted back to 5th, and a while later it happened again.
>No warning, nada.  5th to neutral.



Put gear lube in it, NOW!!   If you're lucky and haven't driven it this way
for very long, you might save your tranny...  if not, time to R&R it.

This is a rather common symptom of not having enough gear lube

John

lots of stuff
website - http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/vw.htm


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