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Actually i had a similar problem, with my headers, i cant rotate the shift linkage rod enough to get it below that lower lip of the firewall. My linkage is bent (intentionally) to clear the headers, so it has a gentle bend to it, and that rotation is necessary to remove the rod. And of course, the rad has to be removed to drop the headers. My tranny swap in the end, involved disconnecting everything, then dropping the tranny/shift rod/headers in one step. Getting it back in was the challenge...
Of course, i forgot to put in that bushing, and wasnt about the drop the tranny again just for that. I put it in backwards, and it has worked fine for about 4 months of track driving. I do clean it out regularly and relubricate everything in there though. I'll do it correctly this winter, but it has worked ok so far.
Grant
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1997 Boxster 2.5L
1975 911S Project
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