

| Subject: | Re: badly rusted mystery part |
| From: | neil N |
| Date: | Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:04:05 -0800 |
right of course. Thanks. I was stuck in air cooled thought processes..... or something --- ;^) Neil. On 12/11/07, Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote: > The shift linkage change does not follow years, it follows transmission > types. The way it attaches and works is very different at the tranny end > and can't be interchanged without swapping to the matching tranny type. > The early type was used on all aircooled and many diesels only. The > later type was used on all waterboxers. An additional variation was for > 5 speeds, same later setup at the tranny end but very different in the > front lever area. > > Mark > > neil N wrote: > > > " Jetta donor car ? I'm sorry !" > > Pffff! LOL ! --- ;^) > > > > Yup. Thanks. Got all that stuff out. Doors will be last before body taken > > away. Won't be keeping the metal dash as the area above radio was f'n > > mutilated by PO. A shame. > > > > Funny thing though. It appears to have the newer style shift linkage > (P34.6 > > 34.7 Bentley) but has the older style lower control arm (P. 40.2) on the > > front suspension. I know there were changes mid year. Maybe PO put in the > > newer style shift linkage. > > > > Neil. > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 11, 2007 12:53 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam > <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> > > wrote: > > ............. > >>Pedal assembly ! > >>I would definitely get that if it's a manual trans. > >>And if manual trans, the entire shift linkage. It's much better than the > >>80 to 84 shift linkage and makes a fine retrofit. ............... > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
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