Shifter Install - Can't get factory bracket out..Help
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Shifter Install - Can't get factory bracket out..Help
I'll try this thread with a more accurate title.
I'm putting in a Hurst shifter and I'm having trouble getting out the factory shifter bracket. I have the old shifter out and the bracket un-bolted but I can't maneuver it out. From what I have read you can move the rear of the transmission to gain clearance, but when I try and jack it up the whole car begins to move upward. I'm afraid to put too much pressure on it (just a couple of pumps on the jack); I don't want to damage the transmission. I took out the two bolts that connect the transmission to the cross-member. Am I forgetting anything?
This is frustrating; I'm so close to getting the Hurst in and I hit this lame road block. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Andy
I'm putting in a Hurst shifter and I'm having trouble getting out the factory shifter bracket. I have the old shifter out and the bracket un-bolted but I can't maneuver it out. From what I have read you can move the rear of the transmission to gain clearance, but when I try and jack it up the whole car begins to move upward. I'm afraid to put too much pressure on it (just a couple of pumps on the jack); I don't want to damage the transmission. I took out the two bolts that connect the transmission to the cross-member. Am I forgetting anything?
This is frustrating; I'm so close to getting the Hurst in and I hit this lame road block. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Andy
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Remove the U bolts holding the exhaust to the exhaust bracket. Just removing the 2 mount bolts isn't enough. If the U bolts are still attached, you are basically jacking up the whole car.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2000
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From: Lansdale 19446 PA
2024 C3 of the Year Finalist- Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '10-'11, '15, '19
