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Need HELP...
I know when you do the LS swap in a 1990 civic hatch that you have to cut and weld the old integra shift linkage (cheap method) to be able to shift. Well I ordered in a short shifter and now once it is install gears 3,4,5,R are all nice and tight but gears 1,2 are a pain in the ass to get into and it feels like my shifter is leaning more toward the passenger side than center. Now the thing is...how crucial of a part is the other linkage that holds the shifter up? In other words could you not use that linkage and just bolt the shifter up by making a bracket for it or....can you modify that linkage to not come in contact with the shift linkage without sacrificing the way your car shifts?
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How about some specifics as to the "other linkage"-Bob
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.............................how crucial of a part is the other linkage that holds the shifter up? In other words could you not use that linkage and just bolt the shifter up by making a bracket for it or....can you modify that linkage to not come in contact with the shift linkage without sacrificing the way your car shifts?
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.............................how crucial of a part is the other linkage that holds the shifter up? In other words could you not use that linkage and just bolt the shifter up by making a bracket for it or....can you modify that linkage to not come in contact with the shift linkage without sacrificing the way your car shifts?
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Ok well I figured out the solution to my problem anyway. What I did was I cut the metal brace off of the piece that holds the shifter. I am talking about the length of pipe that attaches to the tranny but not the one that actually shifts the gears. I cut it off right where the bracket starts that holds the shifter. I then drilled a hole through the tunnel about an inch in front of where the shifter comes through the floor. I also drilled a hole in the bracket that holds the shift lever so that when I dropped a bolt through it would line up. I then put about five 1/8th inch washers to space the bracket out away from the floor so it would be even with the floor.
To sum a few things up what I mainly did was cut off the old metal pipe that was bolted to the tranny near the oil pan and made my own bracket to hold the shift lever in place. What this did for me was it kept my shift linkage from contacting anything and allowed my short shifter to work flawlessly.
This is information for a LS swap in a EF hatch with an integra modified shift linkage.
If anyone will inform me in a PM on how to post pictures I will do a step by step for this one incase anybody may need this in the future.
To sum a few things up what I mainly did was cut off the old metal pipe that was bolted to the tranny near the oil pan and made my own bracket to hold the shift lever in place. What this did for me was it kept my shift linkage from contacting anything and allowed my short shifter to work flawlessly.
This is information for a LS swap in a EF hatch with an integra modified shift linkage.
If anyone will inform me in a PM on how to post pictures I will do a step by step for this one incase anybody may need this in the future.
