60Mike wrote:
Mike
I think I had some of the same problems you are having when I got my 60. Sloppy shifting and ocassionally the shifter would physically spin around. What it turned out to be on mine was for a 60 you should have a 36hp with a split case transmission. If someone has in the past adapted a tunnel trans in it, they had to use a different nose cone and hockey stick.
Qoute from Bill May on Samba when he was helping with my issue
when a splitcas trans is replaced with a tunnel case it is done using a bus nosecone and hockey stick. a bus has its coupler on bottom of hockey stick instead of on top like a beetle-i am talking about the detent for the coupler set screw. if it is not drilled in correct location it will twist coupler out of alignment and cause exact problem you are having. i think the detent is not in correct spot as it should be drilled to adapt the hockey stick(bus) to the coupler(beetle and bus) and shift rod is twisted out of alignment.--- fix=?? replace hockey stick or redrill yours in correct spot. 180 degrees from original bus location.
Complete thread
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewto ... sc&start=0That wood screw in your coupler makes me think this is where your problem is gonna be at.
Good Gawd Mike!! I sure wish I would have read this earlier.
We spent most of today F'n with this and now reading what you've wrote sounds like this is what I'm going to find. I'll be over there again tomorrow to work on it again. Now, at least I know where to start. Man, THANK YOU a lot for sharing your pain with me. I'll be sure to post right away when we look at it.