Article write up by Wildsurfer92!!!

Okay guys, I installed a hurst short throw in my car the other day, and i figured I would take some pics for everyone. Some of the things I did are not necessary such as removing the radio, or loosening the center console, but they made things easier and I wanted to check the condition of things. So here it is!

Stock Shifter and Hurst Shift stick and Top Plate


Pry up on the corner of the top plate with a flat head screwdriver to get it loose from the four clips that hold it in place


Pry up on the next corner


Pry up on the third corner


Slide the screwdriver down to make sure everything is loose


Pry up on the last corner


Remove shift **** by turning counter-clockwise


Shift **** removed and top plate loose


Pull up on top plate and slide it up and off the shift stick


Shifter with top plate and shift **** removed


Shifter Again


Begin removing 4 bolts holding lower shift boot in place


Removing bolt


Remove two bolts holding shift stick to shifter


Remove second bolt


Shifter Stick removed


Remove two screws holding center console down (phillips head)


Removing second screw


Remove 4 screws holding radio plate in place (phillip head)


Removing screw


Removing screw


Lower shift boot ready to be removed


Pull out lower shift boot


Stock Shifter with boot removed


Remove 4 bolts holding shifter down


Removing bolts


Grip Shifter and pull up to remove from transmission


Pull shifter up and into cabin of car


Transmission with shifter removed


Remove gasket material from mating surface


Had to use a screwdriver and some medical kelly clamps to get all the rtv out of the bolt holes


Clean gasket surface


Apply Black Rtv to mating surface


Place new shifter on transmission


Apply locktite to bolts


Locktite on bolt


Insert 4 bolts by hand


Tighten bolts


Tighten all 4 bolts


New Shifter tightened down


New Shifter


Adjust shift stops


Adjust second shift stop


Reinstall Shift boot




Reinstall Shifter Stick




Check Shifter Operation


Slide top plate over shift stick and down and press into place


Reinstall Shift **** by turning clockwise


Place radio back into position


Tighten screws to hold radio in place



Radio and temp control bezel in place
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nice write-up!!

I have a question though... how did you get to the front 2 bolts that hold the shifter boot in place??

Thanks, Joe

 

 

That looks like the shifter itself.. I meant the 2 front bolts of the piece on top of that...

Thanks, Joe

 

Looks like he has a section cut there ^ I had to take center console out.

 

I use a 5/16 gear wrench

 

ya to remove those two you have to remove the center console. looks like someone had already replaced the shifter in that car and reinstalled the stock one when they sold it and didnt replace the front two bolts

if you look at the 12th pic you see him removing the back two but the front two are tucked under the console itself.

also in the pic that adder showed the console is broken at that point for the front two shifter bolts. here you need to use a wrench because a socket wont work with out the broken console. that is if the front two shifter boot bolts are already removed otherwise when the console it out you can use a socket