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Location: Albany, NY
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Originally Posted by arbita1 View Post
It's a pain in the balz.

I took a piece of string and put it under the shift rod. Then put the shift housing on top and pull the string through one of the side openings. Then pull up on the string to lift the shift rod up and try to thread one of the small bolts into that plate.

It takes some tries and some patience. Maybe someone else has a better way, but I've done it that way the last few times.
Used a string as well, but I still couldn't re-install. I ended up disconnecting the shaft from the bushing in the rear tunnel and then installing the shifter. This worked, but it was a ***** to re-connect the shaft, but eventually I got it.
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