Vellios-JWest shift linkage progress thread, Started fabbing Vellios/JWest shift linkage |
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Vellios-JWest shift linkage progress thread, Started fabbing Vellios/JWest shift linkage |
914dave |
Jan 7 2012, 05:35 PM
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914 Addict Group: Members Posts: 703 Joined: 19-October 03 From: Willow Grove Pa. Member No.: 1,262 Region Association: North East States |
Now that my six conversions has progressed the point where the rust is out of the chassis and the 3.2 mated to the 915 are mounted in the car. I'm taking this winter to fabricate shift linkage from the Vellios 915 to the JWest shifter. After finishing the rebuild of the 915, I realized that the shift pattern would be reversed in the car. 5th/reverse would be towards the drivers side of the car. I didn't like this idea. So I'm building a riser for the shifter to reverse the direction fo the pattern. I wanted the linkage to be very crisp. I'm using industrial U joints and spherical bearings where I can. This is the first part of the project, the firewall bushing. I'll be using the stock rubber accordian boot in this setup for weather protection. the following pix are fo the bearing and the nylon housing used to mount it to the firewall. the first pic is the original 914 tunnel shift rod machined down to fit in the spherical bearing. The final pic show shows it mounted with 2 screws, I'll drill for the other 2 when I get the motor out of the way.
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Steve |
Jan 8 2012, 09:19 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,614 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California |
I also have a 914 Rennshift today on my 914 trans. I am also upgrading to a 916 trans and also plan on rotating the Rennshift base to support the 916 trans. It will probably be a couple of months before I get to install it because i need to do some body work first. I bought Martin Bott's 916 kit from Germany. I thought the Vellios used a 914 side shift pivot arm on the trans. Yours looks more like a real 916 side shift console.
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