Sorry if this seems late, but I am way behind on my e-mail....

Alistair mentioned a noise could be transmitted in the shift linkage.  Yep!
At high rpm's my gearshift would buzz.  At first, I thought it was the
plastic knob being cracked, so I replaced it with a finely crafted solid
walnut replacement knob (from my own shop).  Still got the buzz, so that
wasn't it.  There is a lot of vibration coming through.  I believe that the
buzz is from worn-out shifter parts rattling somewhere, and maybe a new
shift-kit is in my future.  But anyway, there is definitely a component of
vibration/noise from the shift linkage.

(Hmmm.....hand-made walnut shift knobs w/VW inlay??.....cottage
industry??.....)

Bill Marshall
85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box"
Aurora, IL