Re: Was stuck in 3rd gear

["joseph Trussell" <joetruss@hotmail.com>]

Coincidentally, my scirocco stranded me at an intersection not 15 minutes 
ago on the way to work when I could not get it into gear.  When I finally 
was able to get it into second (after first trying to slam it into first and 
breaking a knob off the radio and bruising the living shit out of my hand,) 
it first lurched hard, then whined and grinded and popped the rest of the 
way to the office.

How the hell am I going to get home???


Joe "I should have never sold my Vanagon" Trussell

'85 Scirocco white wolfsburg, quickly losing all vital functions.




----Original Message Follows----
From: "Joe Doty" <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Was stuck in 3rd gear
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:32:02 -0700

has happened to me before.  shortly thereafter (a few months), it sounded
like I was popping popcorn in the transmission.  I pulled it and drained the
oil, it looked like silver paint...i cried, and cried, and cried...

heheheh.  you should get a transmission rebuild.

Joe

>I posted about haveing a problem getting stuck in 3rd gear at least once
>everytime i took the car out(and tried 3rd)  after changing linkage and
>clutch cable and checking the engine mounts it still did it.  it obviosly
>was something in the transmission(after removing the linkage I couldn't
>move
>the shifter lever on the transmision).  I went away for a weekend last week
>and since returning- third works every time I try now.  so what could have
>been the problem.
>
>-Mike
>88 16v
>
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