A shorter shifter without cutting - duh.

[pats16v at columbus.rr.com (Erik)]

I would call it genius.  I would never have thought of doing that way at 
all.  I'd have gone for the noise and carnage of the sawzall.

Erik
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Forbess" <gforbess@attglobal.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 3:38 PM
Subject: A shorter shifter without cutting - duh.


I'm almost ashamed to post such a trivial project but I have been
contemplating shortening my shifter a bit for some time.  It's the
non-bent version from a GTI and about 3/4 - 1 inch is all I needed.  I
read a few threads on scirocco.org and vortex - thought the "put a
grocery bag over the shifter before you cut (to catch the chips)" was
a winner.

So I drag out my bargain table metric tap and die set, find the 12 x
1.5 die and remove my shift knob, preparing to make the cut.  Then
upon closer inspection of the knob I notice the knob is a wood core
with an aluminum insert that's threaded only about 1/2 inch and the
hole bottoms out.

Instead of firing up my Sawzall, I take out my 1/2 inch drill and bore
the hole to just short of the VW emblem on the top of the knob and run
the appropriate tap through.  Threaded the knob back on and picked up
7/8 inch!  Can't determine if this was a stroke of genius, or I'm
really dense for not thinking of it before.


Gordon

75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm

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