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Project1970 · 11-10-2002, 06:31 AM

So I finally got the time to mess with the shifter on my truck today. I was having my dad help me...I figured I was going to be filing down stops...

While my dad was shifting it through, I heard a light metallic "ting!" as it hit L2. Lo and behold...I looked down and to my horror, the shift lever is hitting the exhaust pipe...square in the middle, since it was bent while the truck was a 3spd column-shifting manual. Arg.

So I'm stuck with no L1 unless I can mess with the exhaust some or get a new shifter that doesn't have clearance problems...

11-10-2002, 06:31 AM	#1
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	Arg... So I finally got the time to mess with the shifter on my truck today. I was having my dad help me...I figured I was going to be filing down stops... While my dad was shifting it through, I heard a light metallic "ting!" as it hit L2. Lo and behold...I looked down and to my horror, the shift lever is hitting the exhaust pipe...square in the middle, since it was bent while the truck was a 3spd column-shifting manual. Arg. So I'm stuck with no L1 unless I can mess with the exhaust some or get a new shifter that doesn't have clearance problems... __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!