[Vwdiesel] 5 speed to 4 speed conversion

[Roger Brown]

Dave wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>    My third gear went out a while back one of my
> Rabbits.  It was a  5 speed.  A friend is going to
> give me a transaxle to replace this one.  I don't
> think it's a 5 speed though.  How can you tell if it's
> a 5 speed or not?  
> If it isn't how hard is it to change the linkage's so
> that the 4 speed would work in my 5 speed.

4-speeds all see to have "Gx" codes:
	http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/VW_020_transmission.shtml

You can probably make the 5-speed linkage work with the 4-speed transaxle as-is.  Might have to re-adjust the shifter throw:
	http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkage.shtml#Introduction

-- 
    Roger