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Old 03-13-2008, 07:57 PM
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B&M shifter

Ok guys so i had big problems getting the shifter to work properly and shift smoothly and i was told of sorts of solutions. What i did was send it to b&m and get a new sent back by them and now it works smooothly in all gears, so the problem was a defective shifter. If anyone is having this problem, its not normal for it to be hard to shift the gears and you might need to get a new shifter
Old 03-13-2008, 08:37 PM
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Re: B&M shifter

mine is stiff pulling from park to rev. Butfine in all the other gears. I kinda like it this way tho. I had my buddy back it up about ten feet, it took him a couple tries. he played with the ign, the steering wheel, the finger bar, couldnt figure out why it wasnt dropping back. I thought it was funny. i look at it as maybe an added security feature.
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Thank you for this info I have an 86 Z28 and I am going to put a B&M shifter in some time soon, again thanks.
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I didn't have any problems installing mine. Took a few times to get a good adjustment. Still deciding to whether or not to install one in my 87 too.
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hey guys, while on the subject, i dont mean to hijack the thread, but is the B&M hard to install? me being a total novice. i dont want to spend 200 bucks then mess something up, but i love the way it looks and since im gonna be redoing my interior i thought it would look pretty awesome in there. from what i understand, you must remove the entire console, then remove the stock shifter correct? then i heard something about shifter cables. please i try and understand this but if someone could tell me in NOOB terms, i would appreciate it. thanks
Old 03-28-2008, 05:09 PM
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Re: B&M shifter

I installed mine,Not hard just take your time doing it...Here is a step by step with pics:


http://www.iroczone.com/projshifter01.htm
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it was easy, id say a 2 out of 10.....although i did manage to mess up my gear indicator when i put mine in
Old 03-29-2008, 01:16 PM
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Re: B&M shifter

I see a lot of these shifters in camaro's anyone have pics of them in a bird??
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ONly real problem I ended up having was getting the indicator cable caught in the shifter. Ended up cutting it when I did. Wasn't paying attention well enough I assume.
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Re: B&M shifter

if you take your time you can use a dremel and cut out a small area infront of and to the side of the old consule so you dont hack up your interior, the shift indicator can be a big pain for sure. as for appeal you can beat the way they look... (based off '86 RS with the B&M Z-Gate)
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any of you guys got pics of them in your car?
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Re: B&M shifter

This was back when it was an auto... I have to admit that shifter was sweet but it's just not the same without a clutch


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Old 04-01-2008, 01:41 AM
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Re: B&M shifter

As long as I'm at it, here's what it looks like now...



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Re: B&M shifter

was it hard to do your guages like that? they look nice and I am intersted in trying myself. any pointers would be great
-John
Old 04-02-2008, 10:19 PM
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A friend of mine works in a machine shop so he made that piece for the gauges for me out of aluminum. I think I've seen something similar in a classic industries catalog but the hardest part was getting that piece to mount them on. Just get yourself a good wiring diagram and it's totally do-able. The auto meter instructions are usually really good so it makes it pretty simple to wire them up it's just very time consuming. Let me know if you have any other questions, hopefully that helps a little.
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Re: B&M shifter

was it hard to put the car from auto to manaul with the clutch? what do you need to do to put a car from automatic to manaul?
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