shift linkage questions

[Wallace White]

Nicholas -

My '87 5kcstq has two rods: a locator and an actuator. The locator
positions the shifter's socket relative to the tranny, while the
actuator transfers the shifter's motion.

- Wallace
   '87 5kcstq 190k

Nicholas Lawrence wrote:
>     I recently got a 5 spd manual from a type 44 FWD.  It only had one rod
> from the shifter to the trans.  In the past I have my hands on several
> manual shifters and have not seen one with only one rod.  did I just not
> find the other  or was there such a set up?  TIA
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>      I'm trying to rescue another another audi, 91 200fwd that has sitting
> for a few months with a failing transmission.
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>     Nick
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