Re: Making short shifter

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

The solid metal shift rod that goes from the selector on the tranny to the 
lever on the firewall is the area that we are going to be working with. On 
the firewall end there is a connecting relay shaft; this shaft needs to be 
lengthened 2" (weld a piece of metal on it). The selector end needs to be 
staightened flat (perpendicular to the ground). Drill holes in both pieces 
of metal with respective distances from the original holes; add bushings and 
enjoy the wonderfulness of clinking through gears with ease.HTH


From: Richard and Michelle Pizzulo <pez18@zebra.net>
>Reply-To: pez18@zebra.net
>To: Chris DeLong <green536@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Making short shifter
>Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 08:12:08 -0500
>
>I'm not John, but I am interested.  I have an 84' 8V and have been trying 
>to
>gather information for some time now.  I keep reading different ways to do
>it, and am slightly confused.  Any input would help.
>
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>
>Chris DeLong wrote:
>
> > I have a homemade shifter on my car and it works very well. If you need
> > details let me know.
> >
> > >From: John Erk <john.erk@sympatico.ca>
> > >Reply-To: john.erk@sympatico.ca
> > >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >Subject: Making short shifter
> > >Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:36:32 -0400
> > >
> > >Anybody out there with a short shifter kit (Neuspeed, ABD, etc...) ?
> > >I was about to change some worn out bushings on my shift linkage when I
> > >thought about making my own short shifter. I'm going to machine it out
> > >of billet aluminum(that bent Z piece). Could someone tell me the
> > >distance (straight line center to center, don't follow the bend) from
> > >the shaft to each possible hole.
> > >Also , what is a good weight for a weighted shift rod, 2 lbs?
> > >                      Thanks!
> > >John
> > >85 Scirocco
> > >87 GTI
> > >
> > >
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> > '80 PU (slammed to the curb)
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Chris DeLong
'80 16V Rag
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'80 PU (slammed to the curb)
'61 17 Window




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