messed up trans?

[JAMES ADKINS]

Well i really made things better on my 82 jetta . I had a simple speedo cable go bad so when i removed tranny end the gear fell off & into trans. Absolutely no way of retriving it. I am still driving it with no issues so far but i think i felt it move out of the way once to allow me to shift. Is this possible? The gears nylon so i know theres not a whole lot of chance in it gutting anything but i also know it aint doin it any good.Any comments?

[kevin g]

I have had this happen in an 86 jetta, I had no choice but to drive it because I needed to get to work, it gave me no problems so I continued to drive it, and the car still drives around today without ever having an issue, over 20,000km later! so im not worried about it

[Op-Ivy]

Sometimes the gear can cause no problems what so ever and sometimes it can get lodged on funny places and make shifting difficult.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4313954

[Fatmobile]

I sold a car to a guy in Minneapolis.
A month or so later trany fluid started pouring from the clutch area.
Fresh clutch and new seals in there so I didn't know what was happening.
Took the trip up to help him remove the trany.
There was a big hole in it.
I brought him up another 4-speed (GP, not some lame GC) and installed it. The clutch slipped but eventually burnt off and held good.

I pulled that trany apart and didn't see any problem,..
other than the messed-up speedo gear inside.
I think it was used to punch the hole,..
during the fluid's daring and successful escape attempt.
Once again feeling the earth under it's feet.

[CoolAirVw]

I read about this before.... Brokes site maybe?

[hagar]

location please.

hagar.