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Subject:Re: Transmission -- hard to get in first
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Wed, 17 Nov 1999 01:08:16 +0100

Matthew Pollard wrote:

>
> take two 13mm wrenches (box or open), channel locks or the sort, and a big
> flat blade screwdriver and shimmy yourself under the bus from the sliding
> door side, about 1/3 way back between the front and rear tire.

That is the hard way to do it!

The easy way: Put the shifter in 2nd gear, pull up the rubber boot at the bottom
of the shifter. Now you'll find two 10mm nuts. Loosen the two nuts, still in 2nd,
pull the shifter to the left (towards the driver's seat) and let it rest. Tighten
the two nuts and install the boot. I've done this with success in several
diffferent VWs, both front and rear engined.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i