DeTomaso Mailing List: September 97, Message #106
     



From: JDeRyke@aol.com

Subject: Re: Crunching Synchros $$$

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:20:45 -0400 (EDT)



More ancient history, but someone wrote a Tech Info for P I back in the '70s

on this. He said that he'd shortened his shift lever 2" by cutting a section

out & re- welding, and recommended not cutting much more, 'cause fingers

could hit the console cover. He also said the stock shift gate must be

replaced 'cause the gear positions were much closer together after cutting

the shift stick. A club member with an '87 GT-5S broke his stick, and found

the hard way that it COULD NOT be professionally welded, because it seemed to

be made up of several pieces of thin steel laminated or brazed together, then

chromed. After 2 attempts, he bought a used early shift stick and apparently

it fit OK. Be careful if you've ever replaced  a stick- the later ones may be

unrepairable. J DeRyke 



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