Re: I've got shifting woes!

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

I just did mine last night!

The head is out of my car making everything MUCH easier...

You'll need a 12 piece bushing kit... its less than $5!

You'll get a kick out of the Technical names....

First I got under the car and unscrewed the 13mm that attaches the 
upside down 'L' to the 'black ball on a stick'. Then pull out the cotter 
pin holding the skinny (sometimes weighted) rod out. remove the upside 
down 'L' and replace that bushing. Before you put it back there are 2 
bushings to pop in, too. Put it all back into the car.

Next, find the lowercase d piece. The 'black ball on a stick' sits in 
the hole of the D. On the stem of the 'd' you'll see a rod with plastic 
ends. They have little clips, so unclip both sides and clean it up. 
Before you clip it onto the 'd', replace the soft washer.
Find where the other end of the 'rod with the plastic ends' went. There 
should be a 'see-saw' part. Unclip 'rod w/plastic ends II'. get the 13mm 
and the 10mm and get the 'see-saw' out. You'll see there are 2 black hat 
bushings that go here. Clean it up and put it back with new soft 
washers.

Unclip the other end of 'rod w/plastic II' and clean it up, attach it to 
the 'see-saw'. Clean up the 'big-ugly-piece' attached to the tranny. It 
moves. Figure it out, and pretend to drive from the engine compartment. 
Remove the cotter pin holding the 'sometimes weighted, skinny rod' and 
replace that bushing. Put the soft washer on the ball where 'rod w/ 
plastic II' goes.  Reassemble.

This left me with 2 black 'hat' bushings left. I think they go under the 
boot (under car boot) where the shift rod meets the actual shifter.

Any questions, drop me a line...


>Hey There!

>Just curious if anyone has changed out the shifter bushings before. I 
wanted
>to attempt it myself but the manual I have doesn't explain the 
procedure(can
>the bushing be had at the local parts store?)! 

>Michael



CHRIS CHEMIDLIN
http://www.spredhaus.com
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/spredhaus
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