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Originally Posted by universeman View Post
+1 for baby the transmission and spank the engine

I am running stock 915 in my 82, 305k miles (rebuilt motor/trans at 295k by PO so pretty fresh)

When I bought the car, shifting was sloppy and vague. Rod bushing was totally shot, so I replaced it and the shift cup bushing. Have not replaced coupler bushes yet, due to stripped set screw that I have not wanted to deal with.

Replacing bushings above made massive improvement in shift handle tightness.
And here I thought my situation was unique. What is up with people spending cubic dollars to rebuild the transmission, and then forgetting to change out ~$40 worth of bushings?!
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