[T3] Gearshift knob

[Dave Hall]

There's only one knob listed in the parts book for all years.  No nuts
anywhere, just a threaded stick and thread cut into the knob.

There was a two-tone (fatter?) knob in the 1500S, but I guess that was
dropped at some point.  Same thread I assume.

I've one of those wooden walnut(?) knobs I found somewhere - has the
Wolfsburg Castle and wolf plastic insert like the column centre but only 1"
diameter - probably not a genuine VW part though.


Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Forsmo
Sent: 30 January 2013 23:40
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Gearshift knob

I went hunting for a metric bolt and nut that would fit the threads on the
standard, black Bakelite, manual shift knob.

After several dead end hardware (Ace, Lowe's, Home Depot, etc.) stores,
McMaster-Carr catalog, lumber yards that have a vast array of
nuts/bolts/screws, I had almost given up.
The last try was at a "old-time" lumber yard that had one of everything and
two of most everything else.  You know the kind of place.  The world had
passed them by about 50 years ago. They didn't have the nut and bolt but
they suggested Discount Auto Parts.

What the heck ... one more place.

What I did find was a guy who said: "If DORMAN Products (you know, the black
and orange metal drawers full of everything in nuts/bolts) makes it, I've
got it."

It turned out he DID have several bolts of various lengths of M12 and
pitches: 1.5 (medium); 1.25 (fine) and 1.75 course) pitch bolts.  He thought
the three different pitches were unique to M12.  ???

So here's my question:
Did our standard, manual shift, lever have a knob with a nut UNDER the black
Bakelite shift knob?
Or was a M12 1.5 pitch nut only used under the (accessory) Walnut Gearshift
Knob?

Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
Rockport, TX (winter)
Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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