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Peter
07-05-2004, 11:17 PM
Ok i tryed doing this the other day but didnt want to get to invovled because it seems I have to take my entire center colsol out as well as part of the dash just to get at the front bolts of that plate on top of the shifter.

any suggestions that will make this easier?
9150LX
07-06-2004, 09:17 AM
you have to take out your tranny to do the job right
gasman
07-06-2004, 10:54 AM
patience and a combination wrench
and if that dont work a pair of snips work well ;D
fordfiveoh
07-06-2004, 12:51 PM
you have to take out your tranny to do the job right


are you on crack john? lol no you dont
9150LX
07-06-2004, 02:36 PM
you have to take out your tranny to do the job right


are you on crack john? lol no you dont
no i am not on crack..i've done it on mine a few times, i was trying to be funny :-[
Peter
07-06-2004, 04:53 PM
well its a pain in the ass im doing my clutch soon anyway so im going to wait till then to do the shifter, but I will still need to take the stock one out. Did any of you guys need to remove the trim?

and I was using one of those ratchet combo wrenches and it was still takin forever
Peter
07-08-2004, 09:34 PM
tips/help??
NicK
07-24-2004, 12:45 PM
just remove the center console and trim, would take all of 5 minutes to get at it
Peter
07-24-2004, 08:15 PM
i already got it in i just dont have the front 2 bolts for the weather boot. Ill be doing my clutch soon so then ill do all that
Iceman_19
08-03-2004, 02:32 AM
all you have to do is take the piece off that is around the shifter. the bolts that hold the piece to the floor are 8mm. took me about an hour to do a tri-ax shifter, but the guy my gfbought the car from had custom made a stainless steel shifter bezel and had some weird bolt setup that was a bitch to get back together.
Peter
08-03-2004, 01:19 PM
hmm, well i couldnt get the front 2 bolts back in that i took out from the weather boot...
Iceman_19
08-03-2004, 01:48 PM
yeah i couldnt get 1 in, so i just said fuck it. something you can do is just cut a bit out of the metal so you can get an extended socket in there.
Peter
08-04-2004, 12:34 AM
yah, i think ill just take the trim off when i do my clutch, i got a buddy who enjoys that kind of work
powerdyne6
08-29-2004, 04:46 PM
you have to take out your tranny to do the job right

what are you talking about i did mine in about a half hour from inside the car