I just purchased one of these from Camelback VW (800.876.5199).

251-711-167-E  $2.85

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>From: 	jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu[SMTP:jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu]
Sent: 	Tuesday, May 21, 1996 4:06 PM

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Subject:      boot: shifter linkage

Tried to get a new boot for the spot where the shift rod connects to the
shift actuator on the transaxle.  On the '90 GL standard, this is a
two-pleat accordian shape that fits over the nylon ball on the actuator and
it changes into a cylindrical shape that fits over the body of the
"receiver" (inside of which the nylon ball resides).  The dealer tried to
sell me a replacement that was pleated from top to bottom and didn't even
approximate the OD of the "ball-receiver".

Are there two different boots for two different linkages?

How do I find the part number for the one that I described for mine?
        (cylindrical bottom, roughly 1" in length, then two or three
        pleats with a narrowed opening)

Who knows what I'm talking about?  (Me?  I can't remember...)

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