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I installed the B&M ripper shifter and noticed a few things:
1.) Shifting did improve, however, I did not feel it was as smooth as others were describing.
2.) I started leaking a trace amount of tranny fluid after the B&M install.
I decided to remove to inspect and noticed a few things:
When the B&M shifter is installed it sits on top of the "base plate" from the previous shifter and once tightened will chrush the rubber gasket below the base plate (resulting in the oil seapage). This happens because the base plate uses a floating pin to prevent the "original" shifter from cruching the gasket.
My fix was to install a washer between the "base plate" and B&M shifter... after I RTV's all the pieces of course.
This did two things for me.... 1st it stopped the leak. 2nd and most importantly my shifting is like "butter" Oh soooo smooth now. It ends up that when tightening the B&M shifter on the base plate the shifter puts too much stress on the "arm" inside the tranny housing. The washers prevented that from happening.
Sorry for the short explanation.... I will elaborate if anyone needs further information.
I installed the B&M ripper shifter and noticed a few things:
1.) Shifting did improve, however, I did not feel it was as smooth as others were describing.
2.) I started leaking a trace amount of tranny fluid after the B&M install.
I decided to remove to inspect and noticed a few things:
When the B&M shifter is installed it sits on top of the "base plate" from the previous shifter and once tightened will chrush the rubber gasket below the base plate (resulting in the oil seapage). This happens because the base plate uses a floating pin to prevent the "original" shifter from cruching the gasket.
My fix was to install a washer between the "base plate" and B&M shifter... after I RTV's all the pieces of course.
This did two things for me.... 1st it stopped the leak. 2nd and most importantly my shifting is like "butter" Oh soooo smooth now. It ends up that when tightening the B&M shifter on the base plate the shifter puts too much stress on the "arm" inside the tranny housing. The washers prevented that from happening.
Sorry for the short explanation.... I will elaborate if anyone needs further information.