On May 29, 2016 10:00 PM, wrote: > Until you figure out exactly what's going on, I strongly suggest that you > don't use 5th gear. It may be your shift linkage needs a rebuild, and > possibly engine and transmission mounts. If that's the case, the > transmission may not be going all the way into 5th, and allowing it to pop > out of gear could cause internal damage. > The other possibility is that there's already an internal problem with the > gearbox. Either way, it sounds like you need to deal with linkage and > mounts. If it still pops out of 5th, then your problem is internal. But at > least then once the gearbox internals are sorted, you won't be likely to re > damage anything. > > ~Holland > On May 29, 2016 9:26 PM, "damac2004" <damac2...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> i have a jetta i replaced all shifter parts with after i got it to >> tighten things up. my brother had fifth gear blow on it once when gear >> popped and he held it in a couple more times and it grenaded. >> >> gti i got back on road popped out of fifth today. it stayed in with >> little pedal but popped when i hit the gas? >> >> with car in fifth i can move lever like 4 inches easy forward and back >> before it feels like its moving anything. >> >> i cant remember jetta feel since im out of town but this seems loose >> regardless. >> >> i recall having issues in jetta with its old original parts and mounts >> not letting me hit gears right. >> >> i just noticed i had to reach for reverse with a little grind and clunk. >> >> i did not replace any mounts and engine does seem to move allot. >> >> just curious if its possible motor shift can yank out of fifth? >> >> also forgot i drained tranny fluid when i got car and pit in redline gl4 >> and level is fine still after a few thousand miles. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MK2-16v" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/5795b48c-e248-4ea7-b832-879e1524ac1a%40googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >
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