850 manual short shifters?

Feb 14, 2004 3 Replies

So far, I love the 94 850 5 speed I bought......except for the wet spaghetti shifter in it.



Is there a more positive shifter available for this? Ron/Champ 6


1963 8E5 Champ (Champ 6)
1962 Lark Daytona Convertible (Boomerang)
1995 VW Passat (Vanilla..yuk)
1994 Volvo 850 (Tilley)

Maybe something wrong on your car? I find the shift on my 850 to be quite positive.

Any ideas what the typical wear parts are? This one only has 68k miles on it, but it's pretty sloppy in comparison to my '95 Passat with 120K on it ...or even my old '92 Passat with nearly 200K...they are cable operated shifters too.

Ron/Champ 6

1963 8E5 Champ (Champ 6) 1962 Lark Daytona Convertible (Boomerang) 1995 VW Passat (Vanilla..yuk) 1994 Volvo 850 (Tilley)

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