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[S3BN_H]

hiya folks, got my plate fitted today and went out for a blast in the car, not used it in a month or so, and ive forgot how bad the gear selectors are, its done 100k so im guessing new rods will be a great help, ive also seen the mount adaptor thingy above the gear box, short shift kit or whatever it is? lol, anyway that any good ?

cheers for any help, sean

 

[Westy]

I've got a short shifter, the red dog bone mount and had my gearbox oil changed and it's fine now.

 

[Syvo]

how hard is it to change the gear shifter above the gearbox to a short shift

 

[Westy]

how hard is it to change the gear shifter above the gearbox to a short shift

20 minute job mate. You lock the box in neutral position with a little button on the side of the box (bet you never knew it was there ) then you remove the bracket for the throw movement. Put the new one on and tighten up. release gearbox lock.

There are 2 shortshift brackets though. 1 for throw/front to back movement, and 1 for side to side movement. I got the throw bracket. Both are around £40

 

[S3BN_H]

SHORT SHIFTER Audi TT A3 S3 Seat Leon Altea Octavia | eBay UK
something along these lines mate ?

 

[Westy]

That's the one.

 

[S3BN_H]

cheers mate ill get one of these and get it on, cheers again

 

[Westy]

cheers mate ill get one of these and get it on, cheers again

It might take a little adjustment of the linkage cable to get it as smooth as possible. It's fairly straight forward as there is a little screw thing by the bracket that lets you adjust it.

I'd also recommend getting your gearbox oil changed. It made quite a big difference to mine.

 

[steve bain]

can the existing one not be modified?

 

[Westy]

can the existing one not be modified?

I'm pretty sure you could. I've got my old bracket at home if you wanted to try and mod it.

 

[steve bain]

oh. yes please. can pay the postage and if succesful could make a how to...

Steve

 

[Westy]

I'll dig it out later.

 

[s3dave]

20 minute job mate. You lock the box in neutral position with a little button on the side of the box (bet you never knew it was there ) then you remove the bracket for the throw movement. Put the new one on and tighten up. release gearbox lock.

There are 2 shortshift brackets though. 1 for throw/front to back movement, and 1 for side to side movement. I got the throw bracket. Both are around £40

Ive got both on and its very close, about 2" of movement either way

 

[Westy]

Ive got both on and its very close, about 2" of movement either way

Would you say it's worth doing the side to side movement too Dave?

 

[s3dave]

Yes but it takes some getting used to, makes the driving exp a lot better

 

[takworldwide]

Just wondering if these would fit an AGU engine/gearbox?

 

[S3 TAM]

Just wondering if these would fit an AGU engine/gearbox?

any vag 6 speed

you can get 5 speed ones as well

 

[steve bain]

I'll dig it out later.​

ah, thats a thought. mines and agu a3, so maybe your link wouldn't work on my gearbox....

 

[Westy]

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ah, thats a thought. mines and agu a3, so maybe your link wouldn't work on my gearbox....

How many gears you got?

 

[steve bain]

5

 

[Westy]

5

No good then.

 

[Sam_]

The dieselgeek made a decent difference on mine...