Skip shift
Burning Brakes
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From: Castleton VA
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There's nothing really to go wrong -- it's just a resistor that tricks the computer into believing the tranny solenoid is present. There's no high current, so no chance of burning out the resistor. Install and forget about it.
Last edited by mneblett; Jun 2, 2018 at 05:34 PM.
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When I had my 6-speed cars the skip shift eliminator was one of the very first mods I did. Easy to do and not all that expensive. Never had a problem after the install.
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Cruising
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If it doesn’t rain today I will go for it. My wife wants to drive the car but the 1 to 4 screws her up and goes for 2nd gear and says it won’t shift there’s something wrong. Maybe I should just leave it in and she won’t drive it. �� thank you everyone for your input. Have a great day.
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Cruising
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If it doesn’t rain today I will go for it. My wife wants to drive the car but the 1 to 4 screws her up and goes for 2nd gear and says it won’t shift there’s something wrong. Maybe I should just leave it in and she won’t drive it. 🤔 thank you everyone for your input. Have a great day.
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From: SE VA VA
I got the one with the 2nd plug (to reconnect the OEM harness to keep crud out of it.)
As others said, the hardest part was getting the ziptie on.
or maybe thatss the 2nd hardest...
Finding a place to park to get under it might have been the most difficult.
Lacking jack nad stands, I believe I skipped the curb for elevation, then crawled along the gutter to reach the plug.
Drifting
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From: Orange County CA
I see no need for it..........thus I've never done the "mod". I just wind out a bit in first and all is well. The very, very few times it does go 1st to 4th it presents no problem. But that is just me. Nothing against the skip shift mod, I just don't need it.
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Cruising
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Just installed the skip shift today. It’s great. No more worrying about shifting into 2nd and not having the RPM’s. Thank you everyone for your input. One thing I have to say is that I disconnected the battery before installing. I had to reprogram my key fab by holding the lock and unblock down at same time until the car beeped after hooking battery back up.
Last edited by Norman Karsanac; Jun 4, 2018 at 08:43 PM. Reason: forgot to say something
