Maybe I didn't search right but... when I got my bushing kit from Mazdatrix, I noticed it had a white plastic piece, a metal piece with prongs that fit the white piece, two metal circles, and a gasket.

I couldn't find a write up on this anywhere, so I decided to wing and see how it went. When I got the shifter up and out, I found where the gasket went, and then I come to this dark blue almost purple thing, that seemed to match the white thing, so I popped it out and put the white thing in. Put everything back together as properly as I could see and here are my results.

The black piece that bolts in to hold the shifter needs replaced (or the boot-ish thing on top of it), and other than that, my car shifts tighter and cleaner.
While searching afterwards, I found that the blue thing and the white thing are not quite equal. I would like a good explanation, and preferrably a write up. If I missed something while searching, please, clue me in.

 

ok nm on most of that, i just found it... my main question is, what about that little tiny boot on the three bolt thing? Lack of it is causing my shifter to lock out of gear, I think....

 

My tiny little boot on the three bolt thing is totaly gone. Doesnt affect my shifting any.

 

lock out of gear? meaning your transmission physically disenguages itself? Without the little black rubber boot it will just feel strange when you shift. it will not be a firm shifter lever. Or so it seems

-markus

 

Alright, maybe I don't need to replace it then... my shifter just feels really weird... weirder than it did. I also can't get my **** off... how exactly does it come off?


EDIT: As for the locking shifter.. Like beside 1st, 2nd, and 5th, there will be an extra gate so to speak that the shifter will kick into and it's a pain to get back. It stays in gear but thats it.

 

Perhaps you're speaking of the "inner boot". Did you follow Mazdatrix's "How-to located here? >http://mazdatrix.com/faq/shiftbsh.htm

 

Final update: I figured out what the hell was going on down there, and now my shifts are tight and precise. Yay. I just need a li'l lube and we're good to go.

 

good job