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Tail to Side Shift Conversion Rookie |
Jameel |
Mar 12 2016, 08:25 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Iowa Member No.: 19,239 Region Association: None |
A few days ago I decided to take a closer look at my shift linkage, since my car has some serious issues. Took that rear cover off and found this: https://youtu.be/gtFysPUBIO0
I'm no engineer, but that looks nasty to me. I decided to fix it right. So yesterday I made a trip to 914 Limited and was treated quite well by Brad and Mike. Brad and I had exchanged a couple emails and calls and since I'm less than 3 hours from Peoria, I decided to kill two birds and simply drive in. Brad was kind enough to let me drive his daily 914 to see what a side shifter felt like. Took me about 1/3 mile to decide I would do the conversion. Brad and Mike walked me through a few of the finer points of the process, but this being my first time opening up a transaxle, I figured I'd try and document as much as possible. I've done a bunch of searches here (and at Pelican) but have not found much in terms of step-by-step. Brad's instructions were provided, and he invited me to call anytime for support, but I'll be taking pics anyway, so figured I'd start a thread. Can anyone point me to a thread where someone has documented the process? The best I've found so far is mikedsilva's, here. I could not find others. Sort of off topic too, but is there any way to get rid of the huge smileys window when composing a post? My composition pane is just tiny, like 1/4 the size of the smileys pane. |
stugray |
Mar 31 2016, 07:17 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,824 Joined: 17-September 09 From: Longmont, CO Member No.: 10,819 Region Association: None |
The dog teeth in those pics look pretty good.
One more thing to consider checking: When I installed the side shift in a tail shift car, I also installed a rennshifter. When the shifter was in the extreme 4th/5th plane, the bottom of the lever on the rennshifter was dragging on the clutch cable tube. I ground the side of the rennshifter a little and moved the shifter up 1/4" with an aluminum plate. I was reminded of this when I was in my tunnel checking for a clearance issue where you cut into the tunnel above. There WAS an interference at that point you identified, so I enlarged that hole a little towards the driver's side. I used a 3" hole saw instead of your angle grinder above and had enough room to fit a 90deg porting tool in there. Thanks for showing that or I wouldnt have known to check it. I always could hear something rubbing beside the seat when I shifted it without the engine drowning out the sound |
Jameel |
Apr 6 2016, 08:30 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Iowa Member No.: 19,239 Region Association: None |
The dog teeth in those pics look pretty good. One more thing to consider checking: When I installed the side shift in a tail shift car, I also installed a rennshifter. When the shifter was in the extreme 4th/5th plane, the bottom of the lever on the rennshifter was dragging on the clutch cable tube. I ground the side of the rennshifter a little and moved the shifter up 1/4" with an aluminum plate. I was reminded of this when I was in my tunnel checking for a clearance issue where you cut into the tunnel above. There WAS an interference at that point you identified, so I enlarged that hole a little towards the driver's side. I used a 3" hole saw instead of your angle grinder above and had enough room to fit a 90deg porting tool in there. Thanks for showing that or I wouldnt have known to check it. I always could hear something rubbing beside the seat when I shifted it without the engine drowning out the sound Wow! I helped somebody. Cool. I guess they are right, although slow and dangerous behind the wheel, senior citizens can still serve a purpose. So what are we doing with a firewall boot for side shift conversions since neither style work with a conversion? I hunted around for a pic, but didn't find one. |
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