Brad Anderson wrote: > After listening to many exchanges, I saw > someone mention a boot where the linkage meets the tranny, and I thought to > myself, 'I don't remeber a boot there'. You see, only weeks before I had > changed the transmission fluid, which requires removing that end of the > linkage to get a clear shot at the filler port. Your 87 isnt neccesarily supposed to have a rubber boot on the shift linkage. VW applied this boot from 5.87 on, to keep dust, sand and water away from the grease. Older cars didnt have this, at least that whats the German manula says. PerL 87 Syncro 112i |
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