BTW: Who sells these "short shift" kits and can they be installed on 84's?
Karl Batzler
84 Vanagon
191,500+
La Quinta, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Modl <Modl6971@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: short shift kit

>In a message dated 11/4/98 9:36:46 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE writes:
>
><< Hi,
>
> I am considering getting a short-shift kit for my 90 Carat.  The first
owner
>did a lot of "tuner" mods, so there is the chance that I might already have
>one installed.  So I don't embarass myself by ordering one and then
>discovering that I already have one, how can I tell if I have one without
>crawling under the van?  When I am in 3rd gear, I can place my palm on the
>knob and still touch the radio with my outstreched fingers.  I am assuming
>that a short shift kit will change this.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Townsend
> townsend@rtp.ericsson.se
>
>  >>
>Hi Michael, I installed the short shift kit in my syncro. One way to tell
if
>you have it, is lift the carpet around the shift base, if there is a thick
>aluminum spacer about an inch thick, than you have one. The kit is
installed
>at the base, there is nothing to do under the car. It
>s a simple ingenious little kit.  I like it.   See ya, Michael.
> 87 syncro
> 87 quattro
>