Re: changing shift levers

[kdbinney@juno.com]

Just wanted to let you know a friend cut down his 86 16v shifter.  He
took off about 2-3in and did not swap the lever.  How low are you going?

Kyle

On Tue, 6 May 1997 07:30:14 -0500 (CDT) ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>
writes:
>At 20:56 5/5/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hey folks!  Here's the deal, I recently wanted to cut down my stock
>>Scirocco shifter, but the stick both bends and widens as it nears the
>>bottom.  So I went to a local wrecking yard and picked up a coupla
>>parts.  One was the shift stick from an 84 Jetta.  The other  was a
>>shift stick from an 88 Fox.  The Jetta shifter looks more like the 
>one
>>off my car, but it's old and crusty.  The one off the Fox is MINT, 
>much
>>shorter than either the Jetta's or Rocco's, but I'm not sure if it 
>fits
>>into the stock locale.  Any thoughts?  Although the Jetta's shifter 
>is
>>in really rough shape, it can be fixed (plus it is the same width 
>from
>>top to bottom, therefore I can cut and weld, and it won't look like
>>shite.  Thanx.
>>
>>jason
>
>The important point is distance from the pivot ball to where the shift 
>rod
>attaches. If it's the same, any cutting and welding you do above the 
>floor
>pan won't foul up the linkage..Sounds like a neat mod! You should be 
>able
>to get the lever into the Scirocco mount with little trouble.
>
>By the way - does it matter if I cc 'Scirocco', as I just did? Seems 
>like
>most of my posts get there anyway...
>
>Chuck Kuecker
>
>ckuecker@mcs.net
>
>'83 Scirocco
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>'63 Bug
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>
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