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Subject:Re: 85 gl manual...shift lever BROKE!!!
From:Frank Condelli
Date:Wed, 1 Oct 2014 05:35:00 -0400

You don�t need another that�s going to break again.  Common problem.  Remove the shifter from the socket and insert a solid steel rod to join the two halves together then weld them together.  Re-install and your good for another hundred years.

On Sep 30, 2014, at 9:32 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:

> My shift lever broke off...sheared at almost the base...does anyone have one=
> I could buy? TIA, I'm so sad!!!

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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