I agree with Les on the Missing Links shift kit. I went to the guys house in Santa Clara to pick mine up. Got some Teflon and HDP bushings for other spots in the linkage as well.
~Holland On Aug 29, 2014 9:03 AM, "Les Noriel" <[email protected]> wrote: > I learned to drive a stick shift on a 1972 VW Squareback. Those 4sp air > cooled cars had the most abrupt clutch setup I'd ever driven so to make it > smooth, one had to be precise and deliberate with both the clutch and the > gas pedal. I stalled that thing many times at stop lights learning how to > drive and learning to negotiate starts on an incline were even more > stressful. > > I recently rebuilt the entire shifterbox and linkage on my MK2. I bought > the entire rebuild kit from TechTonics which replaced the worn reverse > lockout plates, the shifter and all of the bushings and fittings. I've > still to assemble the transmission into the engine bay so I've not yet > tried it out. > > I was planning on purchasing the Missing Linkz shifter kits for the O2O > transmission. I'd installed those kits on every one of my previous MK1s and > MK2s. I have not searched lately but I hope they are still available. The > kit was fully adjustable and made my shifting more precise. Shifthing > through the gears felt much like the action of a Winchester rifle. > > -Les > On Aug 29, 2014, at 6:37 AM, Larry Velez wrote: > > > I am sure you all are reading in the various car rags how Porsche seems > to be abandoning the manual gear box with the latest GT3. Ferrari only > sold 1% of their cars as manuals last year. Apparently well budgeted > people no longer want to shift their transmissions themselves. The robots > have won another battle. > > > > So enjoy your manual shifting in your 16Vs this weekend, you'll be > telling stories to future generations of how things were in the old days. > > > > Speaking of shifting, Chad came by my place this past weekend and he > was able to check out the patient in the garage (I am determined to get her > running this year) and I got a chance to get a ride in his Jetta GLI 16V > Turbo. Chad made me self-conscious about shifting too fast/aggressively. > How did you all learn to shift the "right" way and are some habits better > on the transmission for longevity? > > > > Larry > > 91 GTI 16V (New Fuel Filter installed, New Transfer Pump installed, > Transfer Pump Assembly rebuilt, fuel delivery troubleshooting continues to > main pump next) > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
