NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/rec/autos/vw/8532

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From: [e-mail] (Luc Marcouiller)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: Swapping a 4-speed and a 5-speed (Rabbit)
Keywords: transmission
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Date: 25 Jan 93 19:38:16 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Wiz) writes:
|> Does anyone out there have any experience in replacing a 4-speed with a
|> 5-speed in a Rabbit?
|>
|> I have changed the transmission already, replaced the left transmission mount,
|> and the plastic-tipped shift linkages.  I've got 2 reverses, both in the
|> wrong place, no first, maybe a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
|>              ^^^^^^^^

Sorry can't help you with your two reverses but I ran into the no first problem
when the direction rack-pinion assembly was changed (btw if your car makes a
lot noises in the front suspension check this one out also; along with brake
pads clips, tie-rods and ball-joint).  The fact is that the shift linkage can
be easily misaligned and when this happens you lose the first usually (ever
heard of a first that is hard to get in ?).  In my case it was the shift
linkage "holder" that bolts to the rack-pinion assembly that was slightly
misaligned and when I say slightly I mean that only loosening the fixing bolts
on non-sloted (read supposedely non-adjustable) holes and slightly moving the
thing around made the difference between having or not having a first !  BTW
it's the 5-speed short ratio gearbox, not original (was OD 5-speed).

Share and Enjoy

Luc
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   Luc Marcouiller,                  Institut de Recherche d'Hydro-Quebec,
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