Full marks for resourcefulness David.

Its good to know that there are some workable alternatives.

On Feb 16, 2008 2:14 PM, David Wilhite <dlwilhite@comcast.net> wrote:

> Thanks to those who responded about what to do.  Thanks to Michael for the
> diagrams and thanks to Kenneth for letting me know where I can get some
> parts.
>
> The parts I needed were the Ball socket for gear shift lever and the
> hemisphere.
>
> Since I had to have the parts today, I ended up going down to the local
> Pull-a-Part and wouldn't you know it, the Vanagon was stripped clean.  Not
> wanting to give up, I pulled the pieces out of a rabbit and out of a fox
> (that sounds weird).  I realized that these were for 12 mm shafts and the
> Vanagon has a 14 mm shaft, but I took a chance anyways.  Getting the pieces
> home, I dremeled and drilled until I got the ball socket piece to fit.  The
> hemisphere part was identical.  So now I've got it back together and it's
> working satisfactorily.
>
> Certainly, a bit unorthodox, but at least it has me going for now.
>
> David Wilhite
> 84' Westy
> Middle TN
>

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