Lets Hope This Works?

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

just taken ownership of a vts box from tom and have been scratching my head how to get it to run on my be1 setup.

 

i know i could have just sourced a be3 cable and pedal but tbh my cable is brand new and i fancied a bit of a challenge.

 

i got a be3 release fork from james (cheers) then went to the scrappy and smashed a box casing apart to get a fork arm off

 

my gear selector arem is splined where as the vts one is not so i just cut and welded the two together:

 

 

i then fabbed up a bracket (excuse the shockingly bad welding) to use the be1 cable with the be3 arm.

 

 

i am fitting this later on today so will let you know if it works or not.

[dumbiron 0]

Bodge-tastic

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

Could this be our first 'gearbox fail'?

Edited July 23, 2010 by DrSarty

[flipperthebushkangaroo 2]

seems like a massive amount of effort to get out of buying a new clutch cable!!! good luck with it anyway.

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

seems like a massive amount of effort to get out of buying a new clutch cable!!! good luck with it anyway.

 

if it was just the clutch cable then i wouldn't bother but its the pedal too and i would need to source the other be3 cable bracket too. and i always fancy a challenge

 

anyway it is a partial success, the idea is fine and it works fine if not for the battery tray it would be fine .

 

as i made it up away from the car i didn't factor in the tray, and when i tighten the mount up the bracket catches on the underneath.

 

i have just made another one up that sits much lower and goes under the tray, i guess in the same place the be3 one would go?

 

anyway i'll give it another bash tomorrow and see.

[welshpug 1,661]

there is no other bracket for the be3 cable, its part of the gearbox casting you can see there.

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

there is no other bracket for the be3 cable, its part of the gearbox casting you can see there.

 

oh yeah i see, furry muff

[blessed6383 0]

i dont quite understand why you have had to move it as the place where the clutch cable sits is in the same place on them all i thought and i've just used the standard gti cable on my gti6 box

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

not on the be1 system it's not.

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

well what a palava that was

 

turns out it was easier just to modify the end of the cable to fit in the be3 cutout on the box.

 

works pefectly now

 

i really should stop making thing difficult for myself