shady(?) ebay item (short shift kit)

[abatzis2@hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

what i'm looking for is an upgrade to the bushing on the main shift rod 
(labelled "shift rod bearing assembly" in pix)--as of now, i can only find 
the oem part, which is the bushing+bracket (~$30), and doesn't come with the 
refurb kits or with any of the missing linkz kits.  the bushing is available 
for a2's and is similar, but not identical to, those on the a1's, which 
results in side to side slop when installed.


-Michael Abatzis
Hotlanta! GA
1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP-->parting, prelim web site, but not taking orders 
yet: www.learnlink.emory.edu/~mabatzi/mikes_page1.html
1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...


>From: Roger Brown <r.c.brown@ieee.org>
>Reply-To: r.c.brown@ieee.org
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: shady(?) ebay item (short shift kit)
>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:48:02 -0800
>
> > With all this talk about short shifters it has come into my mind that in
>the
> > tech tips on scirocco.org there is a DIY short shifter. Has anyone on 
>the
> > list tried it? How well does it work? How hard is it to make?
>
>Looks very similar to what I make (in fact one of the pictures is very 
>familiar looking:)
>	http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/Diesel/ForSale/Images/shiftkit_11.gif
>	and
>	http://scirocco.dyndns.org/tech/misc/shifter/image002.gif
>
>I make a bolt-on version of this setup if anyone is interested:
>	http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkage.shtml
>
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