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DIY Short shifter?
Just wondering if anyone has taken their shifter apart to try this? Well, I went to PnP today, and just happened to pick up a B12 shifter just for the hell of it. Seems that the pivot ball is just extremely hard plastic pressed onto the shifter. There seems to be some divots on the shifter that hold the pivot ball in place, that's it. A couple good whacks, some cursing, and finally makeshift pressing on the ball finally moved it on the shaft. Now the shaft itself is about 1 ft. long, bent about 15 degrees an inch and a half above the center of the pivot ball. I figure I can hacksaw the shifter there, cut off the bent parts, and have the straight parts welded together. Then drill the pivot ball, and use a set screw to hold the ball in place, where ever I so choose to set it. I should have documented this process a lot better, pics in the future.
Oh yeah, and it took about 30 mins to remove the shifter from the bottom of the B12 in the junkyard. The exhaust and the heat shield are inthe way.
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