cutting down the gear lever

[fozziie]

whats required in order to do this? im guessing it isnt a simple case of just taking a hacksaw to it?

[tigerj360]

ha it really is that easy find a new gear nob cut your shifter down to required size then stick a hose clamp arouns new knob and shifter, simple 

[fozziie]

cant ya just re-use the original gear knob? just pack it wi superglue and slip it on? lol

[adi]

there it a thread on doing a short shift in the maintenance section for mk3.

[fozziie]

there is? i shall hunt

[tigerj360]

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f47/diy-fitting-mkiv-gearknob-your-mk3-31000.html

The way i done it, but there are several different ways out there

[gti3_elston]

i like the sound of this, where do u get the new gear knob and all the other parts from?

cheers
mark

[tigerj360]

you can get a mk4 shifter of ebay for around £5 - 10 there not real leather on some of them but look spot on, you can get a hose clamp from places like homebase etc thats all you need really 

[gti3_elston]

thats sound then, cheers mate

[fozziie]

my mk3 gear knob is still in pretty reasonable condition, might just re-use that...meh, its one of those jobs i say i'll get round to doing, but never do. been saying for weeks that i'm gonna joey the headlights lol, and still nothing