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From: warren@ihnss.UUCP (Warren Montgomery)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Help with Rabbit Transmission problem?
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Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 13:25:18 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 26 13:25:18 1984
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I found the apparent cause of my recent shifting problem while
looking at the shift linkage (Rube Goldberg would have been proud of
this design).  On my car, a white hose leads from the air inlet back
to the exhaust manifold, apparently diverting air warmed by the
exhaust back into the inlet.  I discovered a couple of rusted out
brackets falling off of the manifold and pipes, and the hose and a
baffle attached to it had fallen into the shift linkage, jamming it.
I recommend that anyone with shifting difficulties of any kind on a
rabbit take a good look at the way that the linkage moves when
shifted.  (If you've never seen it, it's a whole bunch of levers and
rods coming off of the back end of the transmission underneath the
brake booster.

What I need to find out now is what this hose and baffle are
supposed to be fastened to.  The baffle seems to be complete, but
there is no apparent means to fasten it to anything.  There are two
bolts sticking out of the manifold that don't seem to be holding
anything, but unless some intermediate piece of metal cleanly
dissappeared, I can't see how these held the baffle.  Neither the
Bentley book nor Poor Richards offer any insight on these
components.  Do any rabbit owners out there know how these things
attach?
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	Warren Montgomery
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