shortthrow install?

[MunsterZ28]

i just got my short throw shifter. didnt come with any instructions. i dont think it looks very hard at all to install but im timid with anything i have never done. any tips or words of wisdom?

heres some pics of the new shifter (stock knob on it)

[csmith4153]

What Brand ?

[JoeliusZ28]

getting the console out is probably the hardest part.

[MunsterZ28]

What Brand ?

um idk got it 2nd hand new. i think b&m

getting the console out is probably the hardest part.

u have to get the whole center counsel out? u cant just take the peice around the shifter. looks like you can get at all of it?

[csmith4153]

i think b&m

I think B&M has instructions listed on there website.

[JoeliusZ28]

actually i dont remember, I think i tried doing it that way but eventually said eff it.

[MunsterZ28]

I think B&M has instructions listed on there website.

ok thanks ill take a look at that

actually i dont remember, I think i tried doing it that way but eventually said eff it.

lol o alright well ill try that first see how far i get. less work sometimes isnt better tho.

[my95z28]

Pretty sure that you gotta yank the console. Also, probably a good time to change your trans fluid as that is the easiest way to fill it since you can pour it right down the hole. And I think that most put RTV around the base, but I'm not positive on that, Joel might know.

[my95z28]

http://www.chiltonlibrary.com/Conten...VFrameset.aspx

hrm, I woulda thought that the chiltons manual would be a little more helpful.

[LS1Phoenix]

If it's anything like mine

Take the Center console out, then there was a rubber boot over the shifter that comes off, then the 4 bolts holding on the shifter. Definetly put RTV on there...whoever did mine b4 didn't do that and it came loose and was leaking fluid all over the bottom of my car.

[Phantom409]

If it's anything like mine

Take the Center console out, then there was a rubber boot over the shifter that comes off, then the 4 bolts holding on the shifter. Definetly put RTV on there...whoever did mine b4 didn't do that and it came loose and was leaking fluid all over the bottom of my car.

Yup!

The little tabs in the bag that have the holes in them off center, those will let you install it forward or back of the stock location just a little bit.

[Phantom409]

And my B&M had a blue base on it that had B&M cut into it so if you don't see that then it could be a Pro 5.0 or Hurst.

[JoeliusZ28]

yes, I used RTV on mine.

[MunsterZ28]

well i found b&m directions on there site. looks like th counsel coming out is a must. will take pics im going to do it tomorrow during the day.

[MiDi_2001]

Here's the install for a Pro5.0 on a '99 F-Body.