sounds like your cable broke, or came off the linkage on the trans, or
shifter Hope the clip is still there if it came off the trans
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-----Original Message-----
From: ev_update@... [mailto:ev_update@...]On
Behalf Of Rob Robinson
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:16 PM
To: ev_update@...
Subject: [ev_update] '02 EVC with very recently rebult tranny- linkage
won't go into R or P!
With slightly over 1000 miles on my rebuilt 5200+ tranny, I had an
unusual situation happen today.
I was in a congested intersection in the Poconos PA area and when I
went to go into reverse to clear the intersection, the shifter jut
sailed forward and I was still in a drive gear.
It seems that everything shifted down, so that now- as far up as I
move the shift lever, it sometimes will (thankfully) make it into
Neutral. 1st gear is literally where D would be.
So, I am now up in the mountains, ready to ride back to the NYC area
hoping that I can stay in Drive and can get it back into Neutral if
and when I need to stop. In D, there is no detent on the shifter
since it is somewhere between the actual detents,so I guess that it
can possibly get banged or slide into a lower gear.
Obviously, I will have to get the EVC back to VW, but that in itself
is a horror of scheduling.
Don't know that I am asking for advice or just venting. I have a
busy trip ahead of me. Hopefully, if I stop to gas up, I can get
the EVC back into neutral to turn off the engine and then back into
gear. I will have to rely on the parking brake alone and Neutral if
I can still slam and coax it to go above D.
Argh,
Rob - Long Beach, NY
