ABD short shift q's

[roclist@accessconsulting.ca (Jason)]

I had no issues installing the shifter on the 8v or 16v....

Are you sure the lever isn't bent up?

jason.

----- Original Message -----
From: "calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
To: "Scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 2:16 AM
Subject: ABD short shift q's


> I recently aquired a ABD short shift kit.  I finally got around to
> installing it this morning and I've run into a major issue.  This is the
kit
> that reduces throw by 25-45-65 percent.  Once I got it through the
bushings
> I went to move it around and sure enough it's smacking the tranny housing.
> Top that off with once I had it in place I also noticed that rod going
from
> the shift kit piece to the tranny isn't level but has a nasty drop down
from
> the tranny to the kit.  First off, I figured since I was only looking to
get
> the 45% reduction I could grind the  rest of the metal off thus removing
the
> interfearing tranny housing issue, but the nasty angle of the rod going
> betwen the kit and the tranny has me worried.  Now this is being installed
> on my 88 16v and I just checked ABD's site and they don't have anything
that
> says 8v or 16v specific, just basicly that there are two kits that fit
> pretty much all A1's.  So if I grind the extra off will the drop between
the
> kit and the tranny cause any shifting issue.  The more I think about it, I
> don't see it causing a problem, but I've also never done any of this so I
> wanted to get the opinion of the list.  So did I get the wrong thing or is
> it happy-happy grinding time?  I want ot be sure since once I grind, my
> chances of selling/trading this kit for something that will work goes
> straight to the crapper.
>
> William Snyder
>
> 88' Scirocco 16v
> 89' Cabriolet 8v
> 71' Karmann Ghia
>
> Web Page: http://www.techography.net:82/scirocco
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