[Vwpickups] 4 speed to 5 speed conversion

[Roger Brown]

drunyon at siue.edu wrote:
> About 2 months ago I posted for help on shifting problems after putting a 5
> speed into a previous caddy that had a 4 speed. I replaced all bushings etc and
> shift arms to no avail. It turns out that the 1st shift lever that holds the
> lever with the rubber ball on the end is 2" longer and holds a larger diameter
> ball was the difference. After taking one from a parts truck - problem solved.
> Hope this might help someone else with similar problems. Dan Runyon Hamel, IL 4
> caddy's

Yep:
	http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/Images/SelectorLever.jpg

and you can see the difference on the shift linkage diagram below:
	http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkage.shtml#Introduction
Lower left hand corner inset shows the 4- and 5-speed versions.  In fact it appears VW 
once made a dual purpose selector lever.

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   Roger