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On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 06:36, jmailliardfleming@verizon.net wrote: > > > It is looking a lot better, but I don't think you have a heavy enough > spring. I uploaded some more pictures of the the NOS one. If your > monitor is big enough, and you have enough internet bandwidth, > thoseare > some high resolution pictures if you keep clicking on them. > http://classicvw.org/gallery/just_stuff/dscf0015 > http://classicvw.org/gallery/just_stuff/dscf0016 > > > > Wow, those are great pictures. They opened right up for me, > noproblem. I wish I had seen them earlier. I see some modifications > Ineed to make to the shape of my metal piece. I need a few more > sharpangles at the edges of the contact point and end of the wings. > Veryhelpful. > If I were to want the whole piece like the one in your picture, > wherewould I find one and how do I install it? I can't figure out how > toget the white box like housing off the shift stick. All gears and > rodstuff at the bottom scare me. And if I just wanted the spring and > themetal piece are those available separately? > Your photos have helped so much. I will try a parts store today > aboutthat spring piece with your photo in hand. If you know a sure > path toa new part(s) please let me know. > Thanks, > Josephine You might just try your local VW dealer. They used that same piece in the Rabbit, and newer cars. They might still be using it for all I know. I will look this weekend, and see if I can find the shifter I took out of my parts car, and get pictures of it for you so you can see how it comes apart. You have to take the shifter off its pivot to get that part of the switch out. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~