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Subject:Re: Berg Short Shift Kit
From:Kevin Davis
Date:Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:40:27 -0500

Can someone explain to me the value/functionality of this kit? Anyone have a
picture they can post?

Thanks,

Kevin

> From: Tim Hannink <hanninkt@IX.NETCOM.COM>
> Reply-To: Tim Hannink <hanninkt@IX.NETCOM.COM>
> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:27:10 -0500
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Berg Short Shift Kit
>
> I installed one of these on my camper right after I got it and recommend it.
> The only thing I didn't like was the way the shifter looked after adding the
> aluminum extension shaft. I tried covering it with black shrink tubing to
> match the stock shaft cover, but you still end up with a big bump where the
> extension threads on to the shaft. I ended up slipping a 21" piece of black
> 3/4" liquidtite conduit over the shaft before installing the shift knob to
> cover the shaft and hide the extension splice.
>
> Tim Hannink
> Winter Park, Florida
> 1987 Wolfsburg Edition Westfalia Camper - "Goldibox"
> http://hanninkt.home.netcom.com/
>
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