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| mightyohm |
 Oct 8 2007, 08:26 PM
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My car is a 72 with a sideshift conversion (done long before I bought the car). The engine mount bar originally had the ends chopped down to raise the motor, apparently so that the shift rod would clear the bar in 4th/5th gear. I need to lower the motor to get my 2.0L airbox to fit, so I am putting in a stock engine mount bar, and now the shift rod rubs a little bit when I try to shift into 4th or 5th.
Do the tailshift cars have the shift rod up higher on the firewall than sideshift cars? I had never heard that before but bondo says he thinks he has heard of this issue before. I can't imagine that I am the only person to run into this clearance issue if this is true. I managed to bend the rod a bit by pulling down on it but I'd like to get a little more clearance. I'm not sure how easy it will be to bend the shift rod more without making a jig to keep the ends in the right alignment. Has anyone done this before? |
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| Brando |
Oct 8 2007, 08:39 PM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California |
Did you get a side-shift engine bar? they are significantly different between side-shift and tail-shift bars.
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| mightyohm |
Oct 8 2007, 09:02 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,277 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 162 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(Brando @ Oct 8 2007, 07:39 PM)  Did you get a side-shift engine bar? they are significantly different between side-shift and tail-shift bars. Both bars are definitely sideshift. |
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| Dr Evil |
Oct 8 2007, 09:28 PM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,041 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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QUOTE(jkeyzer @ Oct 8 2007, 11:02 PM) QUOTE(Brando @ Oct 8 2007, 07:39 PM) Did you get a side-shift engine bar? they are significantly different between side-shift and tail-shift bars. Both bars are definitely sideshift. Oh? Do they have the hole that the bar passes through? You should not be having this problem if all the parts are right, maybe you need to bend yer bar? |
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Posts in this topic
jkeyzer shift rod to engine bar clearance problems Oct 8 2007, 08:26 PM
Dave_Darling Do you still have the rubber mounts on the outer e... Oct 9 2007, 02:14 AM rhodyguy huh..the late style rubber mounts have a squared p... Oct 9 2007, 09:10 AM Dave_Darling The ones you would turn upside-down are the outboa... Oct 9 2007, 09:36 AM rhodyguy ok, now i get it. i wonder if both style mounts ar... Oct 9 2007, 09:43 AM
jkeyzer The inside mounts are stock. The outside mounts h... Oct 9 2007, 11:54 AM |
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