Pudding Stirrer?

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Thanks Alex, your comments are appreciated.

The UJ idea was just an idle thought. My Hillman Imp was rear engined with a transaxle much in line with the VW one. It used a very tightly wound spring about 6" long with pressed in connectors at both ends that could take some flex but it gave a good poitive shift when new. The Hewland Mk9 gearbox (T1 case) is mostly controlled by UJs so it ought to be possible to do a bug one in the same manner but I have taken your advice and will be purchasing the coupling, bush and quickshift from our local emporium.

I thought there ought to be a pin to stop the rotation. I will have a look when I strip the shifter down. Your description was fine, I might persuade the VW spares place to let me study a bus shifter whilst I there. If I stop the rotation and add a qick shift then there is the possibility that the I can bend/entend the shifter to fall more readily to hand off the steering wheel.

Clive

Clive