[Vwpickups] RE: 4 speed to 5 speed conversion (John Floyd)

[Don Tran]

John,

I am also in LA,

I've listed this info before, but here it is again.

Two things:

First, there is a shop montclair, German guy, thick accent, he goes to
Germany, and buys good used diesels NA 1.6, turbos, all kinds and trans too.


http://www.qualitygermanautoparts.com/Mainframe.htm

Second, I had a similar problem, and the reason my trans would go in to
second, was because the exhaust header, has two "C" clamps holding it on
from the header to the down draft exh. pipe.

It (the C clamp) can get in the way of the shift linkage, so you have to
move it to the side (turn it). this happened to me twice after the muffler
shop did the work for me.
Have someone shift the gears while you watch under the hood, to see if it is
hitting up against something that is blocking the linkage.


ttyl

Don



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> From: Roger Brown <r.c.brown at ieee.org>
> Subject: Re: [Vwpickups] 4 speed to 5 speed conversion
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> John Floyd wrote:
> > Recently, I purchased a 1980 low mileage with a 4sp trans. When down
> > shifting yesterday there was some gear grinding and now it won't go into
> > 1st 2nd or reverse. Which would be more cost effective? Repair the 4spd
> > or replace it with a 5sp? I live in Los Angeles. Is there a shop someone
> > could recommend that could do this for me? Where can I purchase a 5 spd
> > and everything I need to have the conversion done? Is there a shop that
> > would do it all (find the 5spd and do the conversion)? I don't work on
> > my vehicles, so I really need someone to do the work for me. Thanks for
> > your replies. John
>
>
> Might first check the shift linkage, something may have come loose or worn
> out there:
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> http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkageInstall.shtml#DiagnosingProblems
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>   Roger
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> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:30:35 -0800
> From: "John Floyd" <ibpinkfloyd at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: RE: [Vwpickups] 4 speed to 5 speed conversion
> To: <r.c.brown at ieee.org>,       <vwpickups at neubayern.net>
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> Recently, I purchased a 1980 low mileage with a 4sp trans. When down
> shifting yesterday there was some gear grinding and now it won't go into
> 1st 2nd or reverse. Which would be more cost effective? Repair the 4spd
> or replace it with a 5sp? I live in Los Angeles. Is there a shop someone
> could recommend that could do this for me? Where can I purchase a 5 spd
> and everything I need to have the conversion done? Is there a shop that
> would do it all (find the 5spd and do the conversion)? I don't work on
> my vehicles, so I really need someone to do the work for me. Thanks for
> your replies. John
>
>
>
>
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