I found a GL lever and the VW folks put it into my syncro.
Think it's the same.  Interesting to be on a trip and have the
gear shift lever break off about 4 inches above the floor where
the pin goes through.
Wife shifted with pliars to the hardware store.  A short piece
of pipe made a loose splice to get home.  Real sloppy shifting.
Cheers, Tom Neal

On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, EMZ wrote:

>  This is my Parts Syncro, not my driver. This Van has lost
> it's home, and has no where to live. So I am pricing parts
> in order make it road worthy again. Once on the road, it can
> stay at my home without the code enfocrcement officer on my
> back.
>    At any rate.... the guy I got this one off of, broke
> the shifter off, after he  blow a hole in the side of the
> trans. case, trying to get it in gear. He did that by trying
> to jump start the Van in reverse.
>    Only 1 minute of my time and I found the ignition switch
> was bad, but by that time he had destroyed the Van.
>
>    So does anyone know if there is a difference in Syncro 5 speed
> shifters and regular 4 spd. shifters? I'm speaking of the
> axual lever the sticks thru the floor.
>
>     The bottom line is, if I can buy another syncro for less
> than it will cost in parts to fix, then It will not get fixed
> and will end up rusting away.
>
>
>             Eric                   86-VW4x4
>             vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
>             Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>
>
> On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 99-04-06 07:35:27 EDT, you write:
> >
> > <<  Got a shift lever for an 86 syncro?
> >   >>
> >
> >
> > i have a shift lever, from a 4spd. is it the same?  im sure it would be.
> > whats wrong w/ yours?
> >
> > chris
> >
>