I am wondering if anyone can shed some light on my problem. I have recently purchased a lovely, low mileage {33,000 miles) 1982 Jetta. Its a 1.1 formel E. The problem is that once the engine is at working temperature, the gears become stubborn and very hard to change up or down. Reverse is also very tricky to engage. I checked the gear oil level and poured 2 litres in without reaching the brim. So I assume it was virtually without gear oil. This has made a slight improvement, but as before the gears are hard to engage!! Before I got this car it had been stood idle for nearly 3 years.
Hope someone out there can help as this is an otherwise superb and admired car.
From; Vordog
O.k. Iv'e changed to GL4 spec oil and it is better but still stiff and it is difficult to engage reverse. I spoke to the previous owner and he said he had the clutch replaced by a local garage (3 years ago) and this is when the difficulty with the transmission began and he stopped using it. Does this suggest anything?
Yess!!! It WAS the clutch cable and a very easy task. The gears engage smoothly now. What a difference for a little adjustment. Thanks for the diagnosis.
You are The Man too, DonJuan1jr, without your input then I'd be driving round with evil GL5 gear oil eating away at my yellow metal gearbox!! So take a bow sir, many thanks!!!
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