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 doylo
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| posted on March 5th, 2003 at 11:03 PM |
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kombi gearbox
howdi, could someone please tell me the best mounting and how you adjust the shifter coupling to put a kombi box in a beetle ,ta |
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Baja Wes
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| posted on March 6th, 2003 at 01:14 PM |
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I have seen two methods of installing a kombi box,
The first is the custom offroad kit. It puts the nose cone through the stock hole in the pan. No shifter adaptor needed. Because of this the gearbox
sits with the front down low and the back up higher, so the engine and box is on a slight incline.
http://www.customoffroad.com.au/kombibox/Kombi%20Box.htm
The second method is the Sharpbuilt method. it puts the nose cone through the lift kit. you use two couplings welded on top of each other to adaptor
the shifter. I decided to go with Mike's kit because I liked where it made the engine and gearbox sit, basically flat and high.
You can see quite a few pics on my website through the rebuild and V6 diary's.
The sharpbuilt adaptors are design to use the stock beetle mounts. You can see it in this pic
and the coupler is here
The coupler through the lift kit can be seen here
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Andy
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| posted on March 6th, 2003 at 01:39 PM |
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Wes,
That gearbox is just to cool. I'll swap it for mine. It comes with factory original dirt!! At least I think it does somewhere under all the other
dirt. 
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Baja Wes
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| posted on March 6th, 2003 at 08:45 PM |
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It's amazing what a bit of blue kill rust and a spray gun can do 
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Andy
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| posted on March 6th, 2003 at 09:02 PM |
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Now I am impressed, from the pic it looks thick enough to be powdercoated!!
(sorry to get off topic doylo)
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doylo
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 posted on March 7th, 2003 at 01:54 AM |
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gearbox
thanks WES I will contact sharpbuilt re the adaptor, & once again you are a mine of info for a novice like me. No worries Andy,i think its pretty
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| posted on March 8th, 2003 at 09:20 PM |
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Or theres the berg adapter, where everything bolts up stock, which is what ive got. You get a replacement intermediate (?) housing and use a type 1 or
3 selector housing. It moves the engine rearward slightly though. maybe 1 inch.
Chris.... kombi pilot, oval dreamer... finisher #26971 2005 city to surf
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