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Old 10-26-02, 02:38 PM
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Cool SA Short Shifter pic

Well here is what you asked for, a picture of the short shifter that I fabricated for my 79. The one on the left is the modified T-5 shifter and the one on the right is the stock 79 shifter (modified for the tri-ax shift handle).



Next to the shifter's are the mustang shifters, the one on the left is the stock shifter and the one on the right it's the Steeda Tri-Ax shifter.

I made a slight upgrade to the shifter this weekend. I noticed the fulcrum ball wasen't fully sitting in the cup so I removed the entire shifter housing, and made a 1/4" alum spacer that fits underneith the housing. Now the shifter it self seats better and it's much smoother, and also a bit shorter in throw.

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if the picture doesn't show here is a link
http://www.geocities.com/vw73_1641/shifter.JPG

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The picture doesnt show and the link doesnt work... Is it my computer?
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the link works here on my computer... but I've had problems with geocities... are my pictures showing up in the show off you rx7 thread? grrrr... if it's not working could someone help me out here

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lets try this
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thanks for the help
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looks nice. Wish I had the tools to do stuff like that.
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You have to cut and paste Geocites links for them to work.
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1rx7owner: Thanks, I'm just glad it worked
here are the tools I used to make the shifter:
Black/Decker DyeGrinder, CH 1/2" Drill (for the 3/4" bit), CH Mig Welder, Vice... and a whole lot of patience.

Felix: Tried linking the files to geocities like you said before and that failed too, so I just compressed the files a bit more and uploaded them to the server.




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