Take 1 stock shifter lever. And two chunks of metal, same thickness, about 1.5" long each

(No, I don't measure... Did this all by eye... rulers are no fun..)

Chop that chunk about somewhere in the middle.

Weld the two plates to it about 1/2" or 5/8" longer or so... again, no ruler..

Install that chunk o ugly weld into your 020 trans... and..

Yup, its a real short shifter folks. My shift throw went from 5.6" at the top of the shifter, down to 4"...

Does not, and cannot "hit shift linkage" or "harm syncros..".. I have a cut away trans if you don't think so...

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Well, I DID use a ruler for that.. well a dial caliper.

Measured in the car... at the top of the front of the shifter...

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yeah thats true, i guess it doesnt have to be exact, either way it looks good and you saved some cash. mass production and you could be making millions

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What, in the design, reduces the throw.

DIY stuff is the way to go, nice job

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A____^__B

2 ^ 1

A________ ^ __B

4 ^ 1
B is the shifter, A is the lever on the tranny.
It takes the first one twice the length to push the other side the same distance. I think

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first step remove retaining pin for shift weight, move shift weight out of the way of linkage.

second step remove ball joint. I used a thick flat tip screwdriver. i put the blade under the ball joint and twisted. then i pulled up and the piece came right off. make sure you unclip it first before prying.

finally use a 13 mm wrench to loosen the nut holding the lever on. then sumply pull the lever off. mine came off easiest in the upright position. 13mm nut can be seen in picture above.

here are the two linkages in side by side position.



From first glance it is a thick piece of metal, and seems like it will be tough to bend. therefore i will be using a torch to heat it up. it appears that the autotech is simply a cut and modified stock piece.

you will need to make the s bend in the piece right angles. bend the first bend further until it is a 90.

in that picture i went slightly past 90, but it shouldnt make much of a difference.

next bend another 90 until the part where the shift weight went into is parallel with the b all joint.

it should look like this when its done.

make sure the shift weight hole part of the lever is straight, not wavy. now drill your hole where you want it and put back in your bushing andd youre ready to go. i do not have the drill bit big enough to drill the hole so i wont be able to test it today. but as it is now it is stll probally close to a 30-35%% reduction.

Modified by yeayeayea at 6:17 PM 4-21-2009

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The car is fine, it was too dark to get pix of the owl. Actually I didn't even think of getting pics of the owl why would I want pics of a dead smooshed owl?

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maybe because in all of dans pictures he titled them the hillbilly short shifter. calm down dude.

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The car is fine, it was too dark to get pix of the owl. Actually I didn't even think of getting pics of the owl why would I want pics of a dead smooshed owl?

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i wont apologize for this but...you are telling me after razing me about not SEARCHING!!! (which i did btw) for a post about short shift vs. cut shift that you couldnt find the answer to this by SEARCHING!?

...i laugh at you *******s that take your lame 5 seconds to type a moronic post just to remind someone to SEARCH!!...well maybe they have and just want to piss people off, or make people like you waste those oh so 5 seconds of time to post a useless post...idiot.

anyway, the longer that rod is, the less degrees of rotation at the pivot point are needed to make the dame displacement at the end of the rod. this in turn requires less movement of the shift rod to get the same displacement on this modified rod. the drawback is that the resistance in shifting in the transmission is increased with the lengthening of the rod. the longer rod allows the same force to apply a stronger moment on the pivot point, which is transferred to the shifter. but dont worry, its not much and is easily adapted to.

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it wont work.

Quiet you.

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