[Bob Childress]

Here is a picture of my first attempt at replacing the cracked plastic bushing and tightening up the shift mechanism. It’s pretty much just an ugly patch on the stock shifter in an attempt to keep the horizontal transmission rod held rigid and only allow the tube to move fore/aft and rotate (no pitch or yaw). Interestingly enough this was the same change Ian also tried. I also relocated the entire mechanism a bit to the rear also so the shift stick was exactly centered in the console opening when in neutral. The u-joint was moved as far back as I could and the rod ends were located as far apart as space allowed. This patch made the shifting better than with the original stock plastic bushing but it really just encouraged me to see if it could be even better......