I'm violating all the confidentiality and netiquette ethics I can think of here. A man named David on the Westfalia Yahoo group posted the email below and I'm "forwarding" his problem here. His email contact is under his name below.
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Hello all, I've been lurking awhile, but thought to post to get some opinions on my situation. I'll just paste from my post on "the samba" to save time. Thanks.1976 / 2.oL, F.I. VW riviera conversion camper. Bought with No 1st gear. Drove and shifted fine otherwise. --Had 1st gear rebuilt, all other gears and splines looked great!!! --New clutch disc, was told that t.o. bearing and PP were newer, reused them. --Did NOT replace pilot bearing or anything (did not think to) --I CANNOT shift into gears w/0 shutting off engine, shift, then restart. --I CAN sync gears with engine speed and push 75mph no problem --Adjusted clutch cable back and forth, loose and tight. --Replaced Bowden tube. --Tapped in new, larger bolt on top clutch cable mount due to being stripped and flexing. i'm running out of ideas here. What have I missed or done wrong? Thanks all, David 
satman74@yahoo.com**EDIT** Just finished removing engine and trans. Took a bunch of pics, pilot bearing looks good--bit dry, new friction disc, flywheel and PP look good but "rainbow effect' on smoothe surface. Does everything look right? I followed Ratwells steps, haynes and Muir to the letter. As well as followed the advice from others below=adjusted the tube, linkage, added and removed washers and spacers, etc...None seemed to work or even remotely make a difference, what could I possibly be missing? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, David 
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