[Canuk40]

Hi Bob,

Great chatting with you on the phone today. I was wondering how you'd managed to break one of my shifters, however it was the old style CAV part that packed in.

In the past CAV Canada has offerred upgrades to the old (pre 100 s/n) CAV ZF shifter in the form of capture plates for the ball socket, replacing the rubber donut with rod ends etc.

We've decided to go the all dedicated, bolt in part route, rather than having to cut an weld bits of the shifter that came with the car. A bulkhead filler panel with hanger bearing is supplied to close off that area. The gasket gets looped onto the top of the new panel. Much quieter, cooler and cleaner.

The pics attached also show the latest shifter in an inline throw arrangement. CAVs typically call for the shifter offset to the right to clear the parking brake handle, however mechanism works the same. It is friction free and very precise.

There are different lever arms for the shifter depending on application. The bent looking lever is part of the soon to be released right hand shift kit that fits within the sill stamping on the right hand sill panel. Shifter stick can be any length you preffer.

Another logical upgrade part for any early CAV ZF car or if your going from a Getrag to a ZF.

Cheers