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Subject:Re: Bent my rod -- HELP!
From:Mike Collum
Date:Tue, 29 Apr 2003 00:03:30 -0400

> HELP! I accidentally ( a really careless mistake) bent
> the rod that comes out of the center of the
> transmission spline (facing the engine). Is it
> repairable? Would a wrecking yard piece do? Or am I
> transmissionless in Ramona?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Will
> 1987 Vanagon GL 2.1L auto transmsission

I did that very thing once.  Those suckers will slide out when things
are tilted.  I replaced mine with one scavenged from a wrecking yard
Vanagon.  That was in 1992 and it's still working fine.

Mike

'84 GL 7 pass automatic
'85 GL Westy 4 speed

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