87 vette transmission
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3rd Gear
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From: Spartanburg sc
87 vette transmission
I have a buddy that has a 87 with the 4plus 3 trans. and I was wondering if he can get the shifter boot and the piece that is with it too?
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
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Re: 87 vette transmission (gotboost)
Theres a place in Spartanburg or Greenville that does a really good job, ill try to find out what the name of the place is.
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Re: 87 vette transmission (gotboost)
Just about any Corvette parts distributor has them.
http://www.tld-corvette.com/ Part # 629842
Price: $34.00
http://www.tld-corvette.com/ Part # 629842
Price: $34.00
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3rd Gear
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From: Spartanburg sc
Re: 87 vette transmission (gotboost)
He told me that it is the shifter boot and there is a linkage that is conected to that and it goes to the transmission. I hope this might have helped better. This is what he told me. Is there a shifter boot under the console.
Thanks for the help.
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Thanks for the help.
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Re: 87 vette transmission (gotboost)
I think he's talking about the reverse lockout linkage. The top of the boot is attached with staples on the factory ones. This is a ring that slips over the shifter and is pulled up to put it into reverse. I replaced my boot with one from Zip. The boot was attached to a plastic base plate that was poorly made but the boot is fine, the plastic plate wouldn't allow the consol to sit flush, and the holes didn't line up with the console top. I took off the plastic base and attached the stock steel plate with weather stripping cement to the boot and used the same cement to attach it to the lockout ring. Looks purfect and has been fine ever since. There is a front and back to this boot and the base plate, so they needs to be put on correctly or it will restrict the throw on the shifter. Even when I got it right it was tight in one direction, but after a bit of use it stretches and loosens up. You may have to play with it a little to get it right. Get it to work first then use the cement. When you get into it you'll see what I mean.
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Re: 87 vette transmission (gotboost)
He told me that it is the shifter boot and there is a linkage that is conected to that and it goes to the transmission.
There is a 3-hole rubber bellows thingy at the front of the shifter cavity that the 3 shift rods go through; no longer available...
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