[T3] 66 Squareback Now Mine

Tue May 26 19:57:43 PDT 2015

Hey Daniel, we still haven't touched base. I'll try to take clementine on a trip over there here soon  and we can grab something to eat over there. Just pm me when would be a good time for you. 
Dennis Stiefel
Rainsville, AL

Sent from my iPad

> On May 26, 2015, at 9:27 PM, Craigs List <craigslistcsprings at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> You and I made a similar transfer.
> 
> I am in Sherman Texas, just north of Dallas after 14 years in Colorado
> Springs. You are, indeed, feeling my pain.
> 
> Adam
> 
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Daniel K. Du Vall <dduvall at 1peter4-10.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> I feel your pain I just moved to North Alabama (Huntsville) From Castle
>> Rock Co but did have 8 months of summer in Lawton Oklahoma to help prepare
>> me but still way different. What part of North Texas did you say? I lived
>> in Lindale, TX for 2 years from 2003 to 2005 loved it there.
>> 
>> Daniel Du Vall
>> http://1peter4-10.org
>> http://volkswageninsanity.us
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:
>> type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Craigs List
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 8:39 PM
>> To: Type 3 List
>> Subject: Re: [T3] 66 Squareback Now Mine
>> 
>> hockey stick update:
>> 
>> I called the previous owner. He is a straight and honest guy. I asked him
>> if the tranny was purpose built for a type 3? He said yes.
>> I asked if he had a new nose come installed or a new hockey stick? He said
>> yes, and that the transmission builder had to redrill the hockey stick.
>> This tells me that it does, indeed, have a type 1 hockey stick, or he
>> would not have had to redrill it. I don't know if it was an oversight on
>> the builders part or what.
>> 
>> He did tell me that the shift bushing is brand new. I am still going to
>> check it, but I am sure it will be OK.
>> 
>> Then he said, when talking further about the install, that he "had to run
>> a drill through the shift rod because it was just to darn tight to get the
>> pin back in. So I drilled it out a little bit to make it go back together."
>> What do you guys think of this? How hard is a shift rod to replace? Could
>> it be drilled to far out, coupled with the incorrect hockey stick, causing
>> all of my shifting issues?
>> 
>> What should my next step be?
>> 
>> It was 80 degrees and 100% humidity when I got off work. I couldn't breath
>> much less work on the car. It is going to take a while for this Colorado
>> transplant to get used to this North Texas heat, and it isn't even as hot
>> as it usually is this time of year.
>> 
>> I am still going to mess with the shift plate a little, but I don't hold
>> out hope for that being able to adjust the ill shifting out. I am thinking
>> it is going to take a weekend of work and some new parts to tackle this one.
>> 
>> Let me know what you guys think.
>> 
>> Adam
>> 
>>> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 25 May 2015 at 20:40, Craigs List wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> "If you can't get the shift lever in the right place by moving the
>>>> lever base, the problem MIGHT be due to the tranny (or just the
>>>> "hockey stick", being replaced by a Bug part."
>>>> 
>>>> Can you explain this further? I will try adjusting first. I will
>>>> look at the bushing too.
>>> 
>>> The "hockey stick" is the part of the tranny that has a shaft that
>>> sticks out the front of the nose cone and inside it has an arm that
>>> swings around, sort of like a hockey stick, to make the shifts. On
>>> Beetles, the coupling to that shaft is accessed from above, but on
>>> Type 3s it's accessed from below. The shaft has dimples to accept the
>>> fixing bolts from the shift rod coupler: on top for Beetles and on the
>>> bottom for Type 3s.
>>> 
>>> It's fairly common for people swapping trannys to stick in a Beetle
>>> hockey stick and not notice the difference until they get around to
>>> installing the shift coupler. By then it's way too late to do a neat
>>> job, so they do a kludge, and drill a dimple with the tranny and
>>> hockey stick in place. It's almost impossible to do this accurately.
>>> 
>>> I would have thought that if ISP sold something they would have jigged
>>> it correctly. I hadn't heard of this problem with this ISP part.
>>> Wouldn't the Type 3 dimple be exactly 180 degrees from the Beetle
>>> dimple? Frankly, I'm sort of surprised that VW didn't supply
>>> replacements with both dimples, to make a universal replacement.
>>> 
>>> I can probably come up with a Type 3 hockey stick if anyone needs one,
>>> but note that '72 cars with vacuum adv/retard got a special one.
>>> I won't have one of those.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> *******************************
>>> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
>>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>>> *******************************
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org To unsubscribe or change
>>> subscription options, visit:
>>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
>>> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org
>>> 
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>> URL: <
>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20150526/a5f5966b/attachment.htm
>>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org To unsubscribe or change
>> subscription options, visit:
>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
>> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org
>> _______________________________________________
>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org
>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:
>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
>> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org
>> 
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20150526/008399e1/attachment.htm>
> _______________________________________________
> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org
> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:
> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org
> 
> -- 
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.
> 