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'02 EVC with very recently rebult tranny- linkage won't go into R or P!
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Rob Robinson
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 |
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airic
sounds like your cable broke, or came off the linkage on the trans, or
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shifter Hope the clip is still there if it came off the trans -----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 |
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Downtown Computers
Well Rob
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Someone did not see or repair your shift linkage problem when your tranny was out...you might want look for some evidence of missing or loose fastening bolt or hardware that controls or retains your shift linkage. Wish I could be more precise, that wont happen. But if it were me I would be crawling under and around that truck before I took off..might find something very obvious and atleast do-able until the correct repair can be determined. My '93 ev was given to me because of numerous issues including the tranny. I did every repair myself, and im a computer tech, so it cant be too awful hard to do a bit of looking into the linkage and maybe get lucky. ----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Robinson To: ev_update@... Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:15 PM 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 |
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