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Hello- > I think my shift rod bushing is probably cracked or missing...due to the > clunky feel of the shifter. You mean the one in front? According to your signature, you have a '71. Lucky you - you can inspect this bushing with very little effort :-). Remove the shifter, and move aside the carpet on the tunnel. See how the shifter was bolted to an adapter plate? Unbolt the adapter plate. Welded to it is the hanger for the shift rod. If you maneuver it around, you should be able to see the bushing quite well. > i checked the bentley on replacing this-it looks pretty straight forward. > What I am not clear on is how you access this thing from underneath? or do I > not need to? To replace it you do. First, take out the shifter. Then, you need to remove the shift rod through the front of the car. There is an access plate on the bottom of the floor pan in the middle of the "triangle" formed by the torsion bar housing and the forks that go forward to mount the rear subframe to the pan. It is held in by three sheet metal screws. If it hasn't been removed in decades, it may be slightly "stuck" on there, but if the three screws are out, then you should be able to apply some force and pop it off. Then, you'll see the coupler. Disconnect it. Then, remove the access plate in the front of the car on the tunnel (two 6mm bolts with 10mm heads), the spare tire well (one 6mm nut with a 10mm head), and the access plate in the body under the front bumper (one 4-5mm nut with a 8mm head, accessed from the spare tire well). Then, push it forward and out. Replace the bushing. Voila! Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.lnengineering.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org