Hi I am in Berlin and my gearbox is acting up !!!! well it got harder and harder to get it into first gear and now I have to put in reverse to get it
into first and I have no reverse !!! I can shift into 2nd with some difficulty
and 3r 4th and 5th is fine.
Anybody on the forum that is good with vw passats ? I wonder is it
 the shiftlinkage or thr gearbox that is acting up ?

sounds more likely to be the linkage than anything else to me

edit: or maybe clutch not fully disengaging

Quote from: Binary Shadowsounds more likely to be the linkage than anything else to me

edit: or maybe clutch not fully disengaging

 The clutch is fine (I thought that it was the clutch at first when the 1st gear started to be hard get, it went to 3rd all the time)

I really hope it is the linkage as I might be able to fix it myself out on the
hotel parking lot.

 The shops are closed as it is weekend We  were planning to go to going to Prauge tomorrow and if it is the linkage I might dare continue
to drive even if it is a bitch not having reverse and maybe find a shop come monday.

You may be able to bodge it up with a tiewrap or similar if its a linkage, or a small nut and bolt.  

I hope so, I will go up early in the morning and have look
wish me luck.

sounds like the linkage to me...

or maybe an engine/gearbox mounting..... (in that the position of the gearbox relative to the gearstick might have changed)

Quote from: knightysounds like the linkage to me...

or maybe an engine/gearbox mounting..... (in that the position of the gearbox relative to the gearstick might have changed)

I don´t think so shouldn´t I have felt if  it was loose ?

I know nothing about cars so cant help at all - but  I really hope you fix it man that sucks.

Quote from: bear

Quote from: knightysounds like the linkage to me...
or maybe an engine/gearbox mounting..... (in that the position of the gearbox relative to the gearstick might have changed)

I don´t think so shouldn´t I have felt if  it was loose ?

mmm, soemtimes you do, soemtimes you dont !

if the gearstick moves more then normal when youre pulling away, then its a engine or gearbox mounting.... if not then theyre probably ok

It was a simple linkageproblem    I have been in cz for a while now and am going home tomorrow germany was good and nice friendly helpsome people
but expensive cz is much cheaper have beautiful lanscape in the north diffcult
with language though older people know some german and younger some english but mostly poorly so I am pointing and gesticulating much

Im glad you got it fixed and were able to enjoy the rest of your trip

Thanx CZ was great to bad we had spend much of our money to find places to sleep in expensive germany (prices like in sweden) CZ most things about the third of the price
well not hardware like axes, chainsaws etc. which must be a bitch for people living there.

When Im holidaying the first thing I check out is the chainsaw and axe prices of the local area. Just in case.

Groovy.