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HELP!!!! Ebay short shifter

Postby Mr nanotech » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:02 pm

I had a lower shift boot to replace on my car so I thought I'd be smart and buy a short shifter while I was at it. Didn't seem like a bad idea at the time but I'm having a nightmare fitting it. I'm still trying now and it's a pain in the @ss....

This is this shifter I bought http://cgi.ebay.com.au/90-91-92-97-MAZD ... 519wt_1139

It looks identical to that, I double checked and I have all the parts on there as well as my brand new lower shift boot to install. I can't see any conceivable way to put this in though.
Can someone link me to a tutorial? At the moment I can't drive my car at all... My original stick won't undscrew into two pieces so I cannot reuse it and put the new boot on...

I've looked all over and I can't see any tutorials. The best I could find was a thread on miata net talking about a fuji shifter which looks nearly identical to mine but the thread doesn't go anywhere. http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?p=3126938

Help asap would be fantastic as I still need the car to get to work and in it's current state I'm stuck in limbo :cry:
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Re: HELP!!!! Ebay short shifter

Postby Steampunk » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:48 pm

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=445801

send a PM to MasterZ, he made a really good guide with better photos, but it's no longer on the interwebs.
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Re: HELP!!!! Ebay short shifter

Postby Mr nanotech » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:05 pm

I'm trying to follow the rx7 one but the problem I'm still having is that the allan key screw end is still too big to use as a locator for the notch on the shifter... It doesn't make any fu(king sense. I'm going over it and over it and the sun is nearly down...
I have all the right pieces here and nomatter what I do it's just not working. This is not good for my self esteem, I feel like I'm stupid...
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Re: HELP!!!! Ebay short shifter

Postby Techno » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:08 pm

there is a site on youtube that shows how the shifter fits into the turrent for your model.

Look for MikesPlaceBiz3724 and his video on gear boxes. He has posted a few over the years so look for his gear box servcing video

I am at work now and the Youtube is blocked or I would give your the full sute reference.

He also has a short shifter conversion video .. using the existing shifter ...

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