914 tranny rebuild in Sacramento/SF Bay Area?, Need a referral to a quality shop Options

[6fahrer]

Hi Gentlemen,
I have a 1970 914-6 that still has its original tail-shift transmission on it (it seems to be in good condition, for a tail shifter). I recently acquired a 914-4 side-shifter trans that I would like to have someone rebuild, with an eye to installing it in my 6. I live in the Sacramento Area (California). Does anyone have a good shop to refer me to in either Sacramento or San Francisco Bay Area for this purpose? The side-shifter trans is in good condition already, but I'd like a top-rate, professional rebuild done on it before having it installed in my 6. Any suggestions or possible referrals would be most appreciated.

[Red-Beard]

You are better off converting the tail 6 to sideshift. The intermediate plate on the 6 has the accel linkage in it and the depth is already set. During the rebuild, substitute the internal shift forks and rods, the side shift - shift console and the side shift tail cover.

For the shift rod, clamp a side shift rod to a long 2x4 and then cut out the bent region and subsitute straight rod.

Finally, you also need to aquire a side shift gear selector, since the tail shift and side shift units are different. Oh Yeah and you need the conversion bushing in the fire wall.

Do use the new bushings and check the wear on the shift rod. If there is a lot of slop in the bushing to shift rod spacing, weld, braze or solder additional metal onto the rod and smooth out for an even better shifting unit.

If you don't use a Rennshift, do not forget the springs and bushings in the gear selector. If you do all of this, you will have a much much better shifting car. If have done all of this on my 6.

James (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool_shades.gif)