How do you remove shifter to replace parts and spring?

[mtnbob]

86 golf 5-spd 1.6 n/a   I bought a shifter rebuild kit with spring and replacement parts. Is there any easy way to replace parts or do I have to unhook shifter from the bottom of the car to get the shifter apart? I have already replaced most of the linkage parts and bushings. Also is there a trick to removing the exhaust clips and putting them back on?

Thanks

Robert

[somolovitch3]

Somewhere there are several posts on those wonderfull "C" clips. :roll:

I bash them off with a long punch and hammer and then get a friend to put them back on for me (costs a 6 pack and med pizza). :wink:

2" muffler clamp inverted seems to work for some folks. :shock:

I think the shifter can be disassembled in the car, maybe. :twisted: