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MORE DAFT QUESTIONS, sorry......When i got the Komet he changed gear lovely, i seems now that to get in to first gear i now have to push down on the gear lever like you have to do for reverse, worried gonna slip into reverse instead of first and give some poor soul a heart attack, then after a goos spin in him going from second to third gets sticky, any ideas or is it just me, girlfriend drove him the other day and nearly had a nervous breakdown over it!!! Also a red flashing light over the hazard and fog light buttons on the dash, what's that for????? Komet is a Autohomes from '87.

i have a komet and you do have to push down to get first gear . put some grese under the the gear stick
in the box under the van it will go in better . i all ways use first but lots dont .

johnnyvespa wrote:i have a komet and you do have to push down to get first gear

I don't have to, and never have had to. Just a slight shove to the left and backwards into first, but certainly not any downward motion
To get reverse it's shove left, then push down, then forward into reverse gear.

besides which, what conversion it is shouldn't affect the gearbox behaviour...........

what engine have you got mine is a dg 5 speed gear box .

2.1 DJ, not sure if it would make a difference even if they did have different boxes.....

1.9 Petrol with a 4 speed gearbox, any ideas on that flashing red light?

On my dash there is a column of three switches on the RHS; top is Hazards, centre is Heated Rear Window and bottom is Fog Light (rear).
I do have a red indicator at the top of the LHS of the dash, but that only flashes when either the hazards are on or the camper's towbar wiring is connected to a trailer and I use the indicators, so not a VW thing probably. A picture might help (you know my email )

B.A Eauty wrote: girlfriend drove him the other day

everything fine before that then??

From the email.....

Heres a pic it's the one on the top right, was thinking it's a imobiliser or fake one, stops when the engine is running!! but flashes every now and again whilst driving.

Does it flash with just the ignition on but without the engine running?

it's aftermarket whatever it is... My guess it's the remains of an alarm system or just a fake with a blinker

Thnx for responses, my feeling is it is some sort of alarm/security thing, there is a alarm sensor in the main body of the van!! Not managed to set it off yet so must be defunct, was wanting to put a rear window with a de mister seema like a good place to put the button for it, wat dya think? As for the geAr box mite try and see if there is any fluid in it and take it from there

As I said, my heated rear window switch is in that column so yes, ideal.

As far as the gearbox goes, if you have no joy I'd pop a question in the 'Mechanical' forum rather than this one