The shift knob itsself may be unavailable, but i have a few spares if anyone needs them. I've sworn off of them. The single best upgrade i've made on my bus is...... My giant wooden ball shift knob! I've made a bunch of these for fellow bus owners as well with great success. It's about the size of a baseball, polished with an enamel (Lacquer changes colors with skin oils). The reason for it's success, it's very comfortable but more importantly, IT'S WOODEN! Everyone should have a "Knock On Wood Shift Knob". Whenever i'm cruising down the highway and say to my passenger "My this bus is running well today", i have a convenient place to knock on wood! If anyone is interested in owning their own "Knock on Wood Shift Knob", just let me know : ) -Craig '85GL turned Westy
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>wrote: > If you can believe this, a friend of mine now says the 4 speed > manual transmission shifter knob is NLA!!! Lookslike I sold > my Syncro shifter way too cheap last month. > > Thanks to ken > > DM&FS > > > At 07:21 AM 2/16/2009, Ken Wilford wrote: > >> I have three brand new ones. This is the full shifter with all bushings >> installed, ready to drop in. It has the plate that mounts to the floor >> on it and the large bellows boot. Even has a new shifter knob on top. >> I would like $250 each for them. Don't ask where I got them but they >> are OE VW. I have had them for many, many moon and I have been keeping >> them in case I might need one. This works on four speed Vanagons only. >> Sorry the shifter is different for 5-speeds. >> >> Ken Wilford >> John 3:16 >> www.vanagain.com >> >> >> Andy Stalick wrote: >> >>> Today my gearshift lever broke off in my hand. >>> >>> None of the usual list vendors seem to stock this part, and there's >>> nothing >>> used on ebay. >>> >>> Anyone got one lying around, or know a shop that lists one online? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> A >>> >>> |
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