hey guys there's no way to tell what gear my car is in, other than counting. did all firebirds have this or is it just mine
even my uncles ''75 camaro had one an that came with hardly any accsesorys

please help
chris

 

Think you can give us a lil more info?

 

Either his gear selector is broke or its a stick.

 

Same here; couldn't tell with the stock shifter. It's just lining up the stick's position with the gear indicator, that's all... nothing broken about it. Buy a B&M Megashifter if you want a real shift indicator...

 

sry for no answer was at my cottage i'll have to make a liitle indicateor


thanks
chris

 

Hey TomP, i was considering buying a b&m shifter but for 150 bux is it worth it? i mean i know it looks great as sh*t but what else does it do???

 

megashifter=cheap pos, hard to use, holes dont line up well for install. indecator didnt line up good..cheaply made.

 

Yeah don't get the Megashifter UNLESS you can find someone who has experience with these things. I had mine installed in December and it never worked well to begin with. The cable would bind up and it was almost impossible to shift down into 1st gear or i'd ge stuck in neutral. if the neutral safety switches aren't lined up right, the reverse will be on while in drive. The indicator cable broke then like a month ago my car was permenantly stuck in neutral. Took the cable out and it was rusted. My boyfriend put a new cable in and it took him an hour to route it right so it wouldn't bind, we still had to rig up the indicator cable to work right. The good news is that it shifts flawlessly. Absolutely perfect now, it shifts really smooth. I haven't had any problems with it. If that cable isn't routed right, you're screwed. It has to be perfect or that shifter will bind up like a ***** lol.


Edit: The shifter itself was easy to install, there were no problems with that. There's a gate you have to remove when installing the shifter for a 4 speed automatic. The only problem was that darn cable.

 

LOL, maybe the both of you should read the directions next time!

The shifter works great (for me), only problem I had was when the shift cable wore out last year. I installed it myself (with no problems!) back in '96, so I guess 6 years is good for a cable's lifetime. But if you don't have $150 in your pocket, don't bother, you won't notice any performance benefit with it.

 

Hey, I read those directions. B&M has to make a better cable!

 

Some guys on the trans forum got the shorter cable, the 3 foot one, to work. They say it requires almost no routing, unlike the 5 footer that B&M includes with the trans. (I bought another 5 footer.)

When I removed my old cable, I put it in the same loop it had been when it was installed, and tried to work it by hand- I couldn't budge it! I took the new cable and put it in the same loop, and could work it easily by hand. I can only assume the inside of the cable sheath had worn out... or whatever they used to coat it with was gone (teflon?)...

 

Im with TomP, installation was easy .. im a hurst guy but i admit i like this shifter a lot, Banging gears is fun as hell. You can slam this thing as hard as ya want .. it likes the abuse

 

(laughs) That's one of the things I always yell at someone when they say "I just installed my B&M and it's hard to move the lever"- I tell 'em they either need to get aggressive, or start lifting weights... it is, after all, a racing shifter.

I can't imagine a racer "babying" the shifter, ya know?

 

sounds like a good one to me, i guess i'll have to get it one day when i have the extra change..