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Posted by: grasshopper Mar 5 2005, 04:17 PM

i cant seem to get the shifter bar to come loose. I removed the screw(where the arrow is) and i lightly tapped it with a mallet but i wont break loose. What should i do?

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Posted by: jwalters Mar 5 2005, 04:20 PM

Put a vice grip on very low tension upstream of the shift tube--only enough to grab it gently and not cave it in or mar it up too much--then rotate it from side to side in very small increments while putting tension on it towards the firewall--and it will come out-

That siezure is just from years of being mated up---

Posted by: Lawrence Mar 5 2005, 04:21 PM

Get someone to sit in the passenger compartment. Have them put the shifter in 2/4 gear, and hold it.

Sometimes all you need is to keep pressure on the shift rod in the opposite direciton.

Then take a mallet and tap the fitting loose.

-Rusty

Posted by: jkeyzer Mar 5 2005, 04:41 PM

Some liquid wrench won't hurt.

Posted by: grasshopper Mar 5 2005, 04:45 PM

thanks for the advice!