Need some help on gearchange housing !!

[chinster]

Any Vw trike experts out there who can give sum advice on this prob would be gratefully appreciated !
Discovered a crack in the gearchange housing (stick end) looks to bad to bridge with a weld, have broken a vw 1303 a while back an kept the g/change housing but is different to the one I got, it is more of a U shape than an oval shape ! (has a cut out in it)
Anyone know any firms that sell this bit of housing or would I be better off tryin to make one usin old un as a copy.
Will try an attach pic of knackered one!
cheers all.
Files is to big of pik will try an resize !!

[chinster]

hope this works !!

[dracken1]

that part is only mild steel. it should clamp up to weld ok :)

[chinster]

The pic dont do it justice dracken ! its pretty badly rotted !! :D
Hav a good crimbo bud.

[dracken1]

think i have a shft tunnel here. i'll get back to you :)

[dracken1]

yes i got it.
i'll cut it out of the tunnel. you want the selector shaft too? :)

[chinster]

Cheers bud !
How much do you want for selector shaft if you fit the fiesta uj joint to it ?
Can giv ya old un a a pattern.
many thanks bud.
ps. wot ya think of them complete wiring looms sold by bigboyztoys ? had any dealings with em ?

[dracken1]

i never deal with big boyz toys. they rarely have what they advertise in stock.
i deal with street style and power. they at least know what they are talking about :)
http://www.streetstyleandpower.com/publicRouter.cfm/loadPage/53/?cftoken=51321201&cfid=1296527

[chinster]

Do streetstyle power do wiring looms bud?
I will try an give ya a ring today or tomorrow bud regarding the gearchange bits.
:D

[chinster]

Just checked out their looms !!! £194!!

[chinster]

here's a pic of housing I took today Wynne, notice the bush holder attached to it ? is this the same set up on a standard part.
Now I,m gettin in from garage bit to late to ring ya so I hav brought the selector shaft home wit me goin to take pic an list measurements an post it on here in a bit.
Cheers bud. ;)

[chinster]

Here's pic of selector shaft bud, mite look an odd shape this is down to me resizing it !!
From end to end it measures 49cm exactly.

[critch]

ps. wot ya think of them complete wiring looms sold by bigboyztoys ? had any dealings with em ?

be very careful of big boyz toyz ive had very poor service unusable parts and lots of grief
they told me there was only two types of distributer for vw's i later found out from a beetle specialist in deeside that there is nearly twenty ....

[chinster]

Cheers Critch, I've has a few dealings with em some good some bad !
I wouldnt buy anything chrome of em (again!) as it is very cheap Tiwanese crap, but found em quite helpful with standard vw bits.
Alot of their stuff is cheap yankie gear an as dracken mentioned they tend to be out of stock on alot of items.
I always thot VW type 1's ran only 2 types of dizzy, vacumn or 009 centrafugal type but I would go with the beetle specialist advice tho.
The best standard part suppliers I've found are GSF = German , swedish an french they are very cheap
http://www.gsfcarparts.com/