1970/ linkage out of order need diagram showing gear shift tabs manual transmission

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Check out the videos on servicing the gear linkage. It contains plastic connectors. Personally, I would give a local transmission specialist the job.

https://www.google.com/search?q=2000+vw+cabrio+5+speed+manual+gear+selector+linkage

Good diagram here

http://cabby-info.com/Files/ShifterLinkageGuide_5speed.pdf

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Do the following tests with the engine COLD and turned OFF.
Is everything still connected at both ends of the linkage? If yes, get a helper to shift the gears and callout the number it is while you look down on the transmission linkages and watch how it moves.
Neutral is not too hard to find with a bit of trial and error. Twist the actual linkages on the transmission left and right. It will find a position where it will always return to. This will be the same whichever way you twist any of the linkages. It will usually be the middle position for each linkage. This is Neutral.

Check the linkage first. They put plastic grommets on the arms. They disintegrate. After that, it is internal. They also put plastic tabs on the shift forks. Could be a bad gear.

Disconnect shift cable from transmission linkage and try to manually put transmission in drive gear ( make sure wheels chocked/park brake on ). If transmission goes into drive gear, suspect a shift cable or shifter assembly problem. If you can't manually shift into drive gear by hand with cable disconnected, suspect internal transmission/shift linkage issue

Linkage is disconnected.

My dad always lectured me to "look for the most likely or obvious things first." First, for a moment, I'll assume you're talking about an automatic transmission... If so, check the ATF (automatic transmission fluid) level.. Correcting any problem there just might fix you up.
If you're talking about a manual shift transmission, and I'm afraid that you are, that's a whole different deal. There's a mechanism, and it can either be on the outside.. or the inside of a transmission... that's allowing one shifting lever to remain engaging a gear.. as you're trying to engage another gear with a different shifting lever. A vehicle will not move very far if it is in two gears. The idea of it actually being between two gears or being in two gears at once, is quite concerning. A broken shifting fork inside the transmission can cause this.. If there's shifting linkage you can get to, you can try to make sure that all linkage is in the neutral position. If you can accomplish that, it should go... and you'll need to take it easier on your shifting gears... because, unless you get some repairs made, it can easily happen again. If you get all the linkage in a neutral position... and then the car is willing to go, that means it is still in a gear... which is bad.... Your transmission needs work.

Does that transmission have external shift linkage? Sounds like a linkage broke or the neutral gate is way off.

my golf 4 1.8 automatic transmission gearbox change gear 1 & 2 but 3,4,5 are not changing..wht can b problem..plis help um so disperate!!!!

tranny overhaul!

so dose the PRND move at all?
or is it just not showing the correct gear
if it's not reading correctly
pull the shifter all the way down LOW 1
then up as far as it will go this should adjust it