daniresch

Hey,
I just bought a 88' pickup 4x4 22re 5 speed. I have 2 questions...

First, the gas gauge does not work. Previous owner said it stopped working after he replaced the fuel filter, and was fine before. What fuses or relays should i look at before i take the tank out and replace the floater?

Second, seems like this question comes up a lot but 1st and 3rd gears are popping out of gear when on the gas. I just replaced the socket and seat bushing and it didn't help. So i took the shifter lever out and put it into 1st manually and it didn't pop out when i gave it gas! so is it possibly a bent fork? bent shifter lever? re-align something? or just new gear oil??

daniresch

just need a quick answer thanks

bugs1961

I'm not the expert on this but mine does it too in first gear. From what I've been reading, it sounds like a shift fork is worn. Next summer I plan to pull the tranny and take a look at the shift fork. I'm thinking that the fork doesn't push the hub far enough onto the splines of the gear to stay engaged. A worn hub or gear could also be the problem, but I sure hope not. Way more work to replace.

daniresch

Fixed my gas gauge by routing a power source directly behind the gauge to the top mounting bolt. it also fixed my 4wd light, oil light, check engine light, and coolant temp gauge!

i owned 3 VWs before, and this is my first truck.
it's weird raising and getting bigger tires, rather than lowering and getting smaller tires, here's a couple pics:






and now:





and a little flex:

bernd

Nice off road pics.. better re-grease everything after a watery trip like that. Is that a rock formation or tree root in the 2nd to last pic?

daniresch

its tree root that i think was cut open... or maybe grew like that, i don't know.

can anyone recommend what gear(tranny) oil i should buy, and how much? where to drain it, and where to fill? thanks!

4x4runr

if you plan on going in deep water/mud like that, I suggest that you put a hose on your diff(s) breather and mount it higher than what the water line would be if in deep water. If you haven't already done so.


nice truck BTW

87AzRunner

Sorry I don't have a solution for you, but on a side note I would like to say I like your A2, I've got and 89 coupe thats alpine white with an 8v. I'll have to agree with, going from a truck with 31's to buying a daily putting coilovers and riding on 13's was quite a 360 for me. anyways nice 4door, out of curiosity it wouldn't happen to be digi 2 would it? I'm have some trouble with a coolant sensor and oil sensor.

87AzRunner

How well is the truck grounded? Thinking about the gauge thing I wonder if it's not grounded properly, you know since the po did the fuel filter maybe they forgot to re-ground something somewhere? Make sure you've grounded the body, the motor, and the frame, or even just pulled them off and cleaned them up a bit.

4x4runr

Easiest way would be to disconnect the battery. I dont do fuses. I just take the battery out lol .... I dont mind re-doing the clock and stereo....

cat help you with your second question though