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Now our shifter here has a broken shift stop.
It keeps backing out and causing some shifting issues.
So we're going to go ahead and pull it out of the way
and throw in one of our economy shifters.
This thing right here is bad to the bone.
You're going to have such a shorter shift throw
than your stock shifter.
It's made out of billet, light weight,
has integrated shift stops in it, with lock nuts.
That way, you won't have to worry
about damaging your T-5 or T-45 transmission.
Now to remove your existing shifter,
a 13 millimeter or half inch socket is all you need.
Simply pull out the four bolts that
hold in the existing shifter.
And then break the seal between shifter and the transmission.
Pick it up out of the way.
Clean the entire area on top of the transmission.
Apply a fresh [INAUDIBLE] of Permatech's
Ultra Black or something similar.
And then you can bolt your new shifter into place.
Now that we've got the new bead of silicone laid into place,
went ahead and throw the economy shifter down,
tightened up the first three bolts.
Now the economy shifter comes with new Allen head hardware
and washers to attach it to the transmission.
Takes a six millimeter Allen head
to tighten those into place.
Go ahead and run the last one down here.
Just double check the pattern.
Catty corner.
All right.
Now we're going to set the shift stops.
Go ahead and slide it up into third gear.
Take your six millimeter Allen socket
and run the shift stop in until it barely
touches the shifter handle, and then
back it out about an eighth of a turn.
And then tighten down the lock nut with an adjustable wrench.
And we'll do the same thing.
Pull it down into fourth gear.
Run that shifter stop up til it barely touches,
back it off about an eighth of a turn,
and tighten down that lock nut.
Now your shifter stops are set.
You won't have to worry about damaging the shift
forks inside your transmission.
Now we can go ahead and take the lower shift boot,
slide it back into place.
Unlike some aftermarket shifters,
you do not have to trim your shift boot with our economy
shifter.
Just work it around.
Throw your four bolts in.
And then you can grab your new handle and slide it into place.
Now this handle has two positions
it can be in, fully down or up.
We're going to go for the up position here.
It has talent Allen head bolts that hold it into place.
We recommend a little bit of blue or red Lock Tight
to keep these things from backing out.
And it takes a five millimeter Allen
head to get these into place.
Now once you get these bolts tightened up,
you can go ahead, throw in your console,
and enjoy your new shifter.
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