well I installed the ottp short shifter, tried it after and couldn't find 5th gear. its there, just not where I thought, the reason being is somehow during taking apart averything, I broke the reverse lockout slot thing on the plastic base that u have to unscrew to get shifter in and out. I don't even know when it happened or where the piece is. so ****, its pretty annoying cause its kind of the guide to make 5th easy to find and to lockout reverse obviously. 5th is now a pain in the ass to get into cause u can go to far right and not find it now. so does anyone know where to get that part? im gonna look at auto wrecker but it be nice to just get a new one shipped.

 

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thanks. I made a makeshift stop out of aluminum that stops the shifter right at 5th gear and doesn't let me go into reverse unless using lockout. but I will get this anyway.

 

Mine doesn't even hook over the reverse lock out section. Finding 5th sucks.

Think it's something we just need to live with.

 

really? then I wont buy one. I made my own, I think ill get a small piece of thick plastic and make a proper one. so my shifter doesn't have to slide on aluminum when I go into 5th. if u want I can make u one to. its not to hard. took me about 15 minutes to do a half assed one that works really good.

 

I think I could I have my shifter too far to the left though.

I just said **** it and left it.

 

u cant have it to far to the left, it centers itself out. the big issue is that fifth and reverse are really not in the same spot. like u cant go straight down from fifth to get into reverse. u have to move further right and go down to get into reverse. idk if I did something wrong or its just effed like that.

 

Thats weird ill be installing mine soon

 

This is exactly the same as my shifter I didn't bother to look why it was like it when I bought the car and I have not had a reason to shift to 5 yet 4 kills most in town at 225kmh lol.

 

still gotta shift into 5th while driving on highway, don't wanna sit there looking for it.

 

im having issues with the base bushings now, removed all 4 nuts but the top left hand wont pull off the stud, tried for a while now that bastard wont pull up. pisses me off, always has to be something

 

SON OF A BITCH!!!!!!!!! I cant get that last stock bushing off for the life of me. it seems seized to the effing stud. just will not move, all the other ones are off

 

That thibg sure is giving you a hard time i hope mine goes smoothly

 

4 freaking hours to get the shifter housing off. The one stock bushing must have been crimped in at the bottom so it was grabbing the thread on the stud, it turned and everything but wouldn't pull up off the stud. So after a lot of rotary tool sanding and cutting disk cuting swearing and prying that bastard came off. I had to drill the top washer part full of holes and slowly chip away at it till it fit through the bushint hole on the housing so I could get that out of my way. I'm so exhausted . I'm gonna lay on this hammock now and no one better need nothing cause I'll smack em. So no not at all smooth

 

You guys have to adjust the cables after installing the shifter. Everything will work as it should then. Just one note. If you adjust the lock nut and shifter ball to far down you will bottom out the spring and won't be able to lift the shifter high enough to get over the reverse lockout.

 

my problem is I don't have a reverse lockout. mine must have broken off at some point. I had to make my own. works fine now. thanks

by reverse lockout I mean the plastic part the shifter is supposed to hit to lock it out.

 

I've messed with the cables 2 times after the ottp install it's 90% where I want it. The 1st time 5th was a btch to find it was really close to 4th. Adjust the left cable and pull it towards yourself A LITTLE at a time. Try this and 5th will go in like stock

 

interesting. can u also put the stainless cable clamp on the left cable or is it not needed?

 

I made a plastic stop/ reverse lockout that works great so I'm good now

 

You could, but it isn't needed. All the hard actions happen with the right clamp, the left one is just a guide.