I've tried adjusting the shift linkage to no avail. 3rd is where 1st should be and 1st is where reverse should be. I loosened the clamp, put in to reverse on the tranny, put stick in to reverse, tightened the clamp. Is there something i'm missing? Or maybe someone in the salt lake/ogden area that wouldn't mind giving me a hand?
Reverse is first, first is third. 82 caddy 1.6d 5 speed
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I've tried adjusting the shift linkage to no avail. 3rd is where 1st should be and 1st is where reverse should be. I loosened the clamp, put in to reverse on the tranny, put stick in to reverse, tightened the clamp. Is there something i'm missing? Or maybe someone in the salt lake/ogden area that wouldn't mind giving me a hand?
Much easier with two people
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put car in nuetral, grab a cassette tape.
loosen front bolt and slide off shifter shaft
place skinny end of cassette tape between reverse lockout and plastic guide. Have the person inside hold the shift lever enough to hold the tape in.
slide cage back onto shaft, tighten bold. drink beer :beer:
sometimes it takes 1 or 2 trys to find the money spot, but the tape should get you damn close
loosen front bolt and slide off shifter shaft
place skinny end of cassette tape between reverse lockout and plastic guide. Have the person inside hold the shift lever enough to hold the tape in.
slide cage back onto shaft, tighten bold. drink beer :beer:
sometimes it takes 1 or 2 trys to find the money spot, but the tape should get you damn close
I think I understand what you're telling me, i'll give it a go and report back success/failure. I also ordered some new shift linkage bushings from techtonics and a delrin shifter bushing from mark1svc. Hopefully those will help too
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You are pushing down on the shifter when trying to get into reverse right?
of course... that's how I find first gear now :laugh: I drove a 92 GTI and a 99 GTI I've become accustom to how vw's shift.
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:thumbup: Just checking.
yeah I wouldn't put it past myself to miss something that obvious but luckily not this time. We all do dumb things here and there. :facepalm:
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I've had this problem with my Cabby, it's honestly millimeters that change it from no reverse to no fifth. :banghead: I've had to adjust the shift rod 5 or 6 times before I got it right.... lol
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I just hammered out the area around the shifter to take care of that problem.
finally realized that the reverse finger was catching. Would have been so much easier to figure out if I wasn't doing it by myself... without the truck jacked up... but I just learned a valuable lesson and it will make it a lot easier to adjust once I get my new bushings delivered and installed.
yeah it was going in the direction that would mean the driver's side mount would have been shot, which from what I understand is the one that usually gets the least amount of stress and is usually the last to fail. I may have said that backwards I can't think right now. Too much microbial physiology studying going on.:banghead: But I think prothane bushings are on the check list eventually anyways.
Same thing happened to me in my old 88 16V Scirocco. A worn rear motor mount was the culprit. You might just replace all your motor mounts as they're a dime a dozen.
did you get fancy bushings or just oem? I think oem would work for me because i'm not building a race car by any means, but i'm sure prothane or similar companies bushings offer other advantages if the cost difference is fair
I went w/OEM replacements. Stiffer mounts offer advantages, but disadvantages too. Namely, vibrations transmitted throughout the entire body of the car.
yeah that's definitely something the diesel doesn't need help with
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