Doogie65

Finally decided to install my Pro5.0 that's been collecting dust in my garage last night and have a couple questions.

I successfully installed it through the tunnel hole (what a PITA) and tightened up the 3 mounting bolts. All that is remaining is hooking up the shift linkage and installing the rubber boot.

For the shift linkage, what's the trick as I can't seem to get it lined up and pushed into the shifter bushing block? I am sure its a combination of being tired, doing this alone, and not having the driveshaft removed. Would having someone inside the car to move the handle help??

And for the boot... does it need to be fully wrapped around the base of the shifter (seems awefully tight) or just a matter of ensuring it gets fully seated back into the tunnel hole.

SteedaGus hooked me up with the new style 1-peice bushing that allows for the use of the stock plastic bushings, which should help control some of the NVH. I also plan on throwing some dynamat in the tunnel and am considering doing a quick swap of the front poly bushings with the stock rubber ones before I complete the install just to help control the noise (just picked up that tip when searching for some answers to the above).

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated as we are having record temps today (supposed to hit 60), so I plan to ditch work early to install my new chin and wrap up the shifter install later this afternoon.