Shifting issues and upgrades, Shifting and Transmission Options

[gator914]

Thought I'd share some recent upgrades and fixes for the shifting issues that plagued my 914.

Symptoms included:

-Grinding when going into reverse or first gear, whether I was stopped or coasting to a stop for first gear.
-So much shifter slop, the sloppiest, loosest, bucket of gravel shifting you can imagine. Was tough to find a gear at all sometimes.
-Shifting performance declined to the point that I was no longer able to find first, or fourth/fifth.
-Clutch pedal was very loose and outside of the bounds of normal.

So what did I do about it?

I decided to take some time to inspect bushings throughout the entire shifter linkage system and no surprise, they were trashed. The firewall bushing was half missing, gear shift bushing was "wallard out", and rear console didn't look so hot either.

So I got some new bushings and decided to go with the Tangerine Racing side shift linkage upgrade kit and firewall bushing kit.

Here is a link to the install video for anyone that is interested in doing this upgrade: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQx6ISSkcmw/...zRlODBiNWFlZA==

[Ninja]

I'd helicoil that hole and put a stud in it if you have enough room.

New (O-ring/gasket?) for console.

I purchased an extended clutch clevis puppy for better cable control too.

https://pmbperformance.com/products/billet-...nyhtszMeT7CXKKw

That one is for a 911 but the 914 one was similar.

[gator914]

I think that is the direction I'm headed. And I will try to find a stud that matches the original to thread into it. There is no gasket between console and transmission that I am aware of, but I could make one.

Do you have any pictures of the rennline clutch cable clevis installed? Looks pretty cool.

I'd helicoil that hole and put a stud in it if you have enough room.

New (O-ring/gasket?) for console.

I purchased an extended clutch clevis puppy for better cable control too.

https://pmbperformance.com/products/billet-...nyhtszMeT7CXKKw

That one is for a 911 but the 914 one was similar.

[porschetub]

I think that is the direction I'm headed. And I will try to find a stud that matches the original to thread into it. There is no gasket between console and transmission that I am aware of, but I could make one.

Do you have any pictures of the rennline clutch cable clevis installed? Looks pretty cool.

I'd helicoil that hole and put a stud in it if you have enough room.

New (O-ring/gasket?) for console.

I purchased an extended clutch clevis puppy for better cable control too.

https://pmbperformance.com/products/billet-...nyhtszMeT7CXKKw

That one is for a 911 but the 914 one was similar.

There is an 'o' ring that is used to seal the shift console ,was there when I had mine out to modify and replace oil seal ,it is shown in the Haynes manual but I have no idea of the size.
Helicol is the only fix as mentioned ,cheers.