Renzo: I replaced all this stuff about 1 ½ years ago. It wasn't all that difficult. It was my first time. Sorry, but this fact and the passage of time mean that I'm bound to have forgotten some of the more important details.
I remember two things: 1. You will want to replace the red bushing at the front of the shifter box. If I remember correctly, it was a bear to get the long black shifter rod out of the box because you can only pull it out through the box. I know that I cursed a lot and that helped. Be persistent. 2. The reverse lock-out thing is riveted to the shifter box. If your replace it - and I think you should - you'll find that the heads on US-spec rivets are too big for the recesses on the piece (metric vs. inch). I used the rivets I had at hand, but ground the head down slightly. I placed the nail part of the pop rivet in a drill chuck, and ground the head with a file while the rivet spun. HTH, Chris Williams [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 3:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: shifter rebuild advice ok my car is about to undergo a shifter rebuild, from the linkage all the way to the crap inside the shifter box. any advice, tips, secrets, cheat codes? if it pretty much a straightfoward replace the old with the new, after you drop the exhaust? can it be done with just a basic socket set of tools? anything i need to look out for? TIA, Renzo C. un-shiftable 87 Jetta GL 16v _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
