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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:08 pm    Post subject: friend with lost 3rd and 4th gear outside ithaca Reply with quote

my friend was going to the now cancelled phish festival in watkins glen and seems to have lost 3rd and 4th gear. 1st and 2nd apparently work. sounds like dreaded vanagon pinion gear problem but what to I know, I'm no vanagon expert.
anyhow he may be looking for help, his # is 617-905-5324

his name is vivek and its a 81' dove blue camper
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:21 pm    Post subject: Re: friend with lost 3rd and 4th gear outside ithaca Reply with quote

Bummer. It's actually the 3/4 gear synchro hub deep in the tranny if that's what has failied. Classic symptom. Tell him to be sure its not a shifter mechanism issue - crawl under and confirm all is connected, etc.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:04 am    Post subject: Re: friend with lost 3rd and 4th gear outside ithaca Reply with quote

there's a repair shop in Waterloo, NY north of Watkins glen that has a vanagon mechanic on (unsure of weekends)

Select Eurocars in Waterloo, NY
they'll give you an honest assessment, but a bad/blown pinion is a new transaxle.
ask for Vinnie


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:08 am    Post subject: Re: friend with lost 3rd and 4th gear outside ithaca Reply with quote

the air cooled don't usually blow the 3/4 slider like the WBX transaxles.
but when I blew my 4th gear up 5hours from home. I drove home 6hrs in 3rd gear.

double to check that it's not a linkage issue.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:11 am    Post subject: Re: friend with lost 3rd and 4th gear outside ithaca Reply with quote

closer to Ithaca is Ridge road auto
map: https://goo.gl/maps/kfP95mB1FVN2

used to be a guy names JOE worked there, on old VWs and such
but don't know about them recently.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:04 pm    Post subject: Re: friend with lost 3rd and 4th gear outside ithaca Reply with quote

Driving a busted tranny home is not recommended as pieces of the hub can cause the entire gear box to self destruct, making it uneconomical to rebuild.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:57 am    Post subject: Re: friend with lost 3rd and 4th gear outside ithaca Reply with quote

thanks for the info, he got it towed back on Saturday. I'll find out what the diagnosis is at some point.
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