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| mb911 |
 Apr 12 2025, 02:39 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 7,794 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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Installed one this spring before driving season started. All went well. I went to drive the car yesterday and I can’t engage 1,3,5 gears and went back and looked at the instructions. Says to grind the coupler. Ugh that’s an NOS one but ok did that. Better but where it needs to be. So now do I machine the bushing thinner? Give up on the bushing and go back to stock? Any ideas?
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| JamesM |
Apr 12 2025, 02:47 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,277 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Kearns, UT Member No.: 5,834 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
QUOTE(mb911 @ Apr 12 2025, 12:39 PM)  Any ideas? Do you have the round side of the bushing towards the firewall? Is the coupler actually hitting the bushing? If not then adjustment at the shifter itself. Has your rear shift rod been bent? This will effectively change its length which will not allow for proper adjustment. This is one of my most recommended upgrade parts despite requiring holes to be drilled which for most mods I am against, but in this case the results are worth it. Install them on just about every customer car and absolutely on every side shift conversion car as the available conversion bushings are to soft. |
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| mb911 |
Apr 12 2025, 02:59 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,794 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(JamesM @ Apr 12 2025, 12:47 PM) QUOTE(mb911 @ Apr 12 2025, 12:39 PM) Any ideas? Do you have the round side of the bushing towards the firewall? Is the coupler actually hitting the bushing? If not then adjustment at the shifter itself. Has your rear shift rod been bent? This will effectively change its length which will not allow for proper adjustment. This is one of my most recommended upgrade parts despite requiring holes to be drilled which for most mods I am against, but in this case the results are worth it. Install them on just about every customer car and absolutely on every side shift conversion car as the available conversion bushings are to soft. Yes installed correctly, shifter adjusted correctly, shift rod is perfect I have a fixture and make them regularly for the 914-6 conversion folks. The only change is the bushing from stock bushing which I ran previously. This was straight up winter maintenance no other changes. The only thing I can think of is that the firewall if when I installed it all those years ago if I pushed it back let’s say .100 of an inch then this would be the exact problem/situation. Only guessing on that part. |
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| JamesM |
Apr 12 2025, 07:37 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,277 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Kearns, UT Member No.: 5,834 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
Wait, not sure I'm clear here. From your last post it sounds like the tangerine bushing was working and now is not?
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mb911 Tangerine firewall bushing ideas Apr 12 2025, 02:39 PM
mb911 No everything worked perfectly last year before no... Apr 13 2025, 04:10 AM BeatNavy I had a similar issue, as I recall, when I install... Apr 13 2025, 05:25 AM Dave_Darling Could it be that the front shift rod has slipped i... Apr 13 2025, 05:31 AM mb911 Problem solved. The bushing was installed correctl... Apr 13 2025, 12:52 PM 914werke Problem solved. The bushing was installed correct... Apr 13 2025, 04:39 PM
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You might contact Chris, if something weird is go... Apr 16 2025, 05:20 AM jim_hoyland Hmmm…I have yet to install the Tangerine firewal... Apr 16 2025, 08:14 AM NARP74 It seems to be due to the hand made nature of thes... Apr 16 2025, 08:25 AM 930cabman
It seems to be due to the hand made nature of the... Apr 16 2025, 09:29 AM saladin Hello Ben @mb911 ,
I have not installed mine yet... Apr 16 2025, 10:15 AM mb911
Hello Ben [b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/... Apr 16 2025, 11:18 AM ChrisFoley As far as I know, about 99% of customers have been... Apr 17 2025, 01:22 PM mb911 It kind of dawned on me on me that all it really n... Apr 17 2025, 02:02 PM ClayPerrine I recently helped @scottthephotog put one of the... Apr 18 2025, 05:28 AM Nate W Has anyone installed one of these tangerine firewa... Jul 26 2026, 05:40 PM mepstein Have you called Chris at tangerine. He’s very go... Jul 26 2026, 05:45 PM |
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