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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 02:33 AM
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Installed a shifter on a friends car and all the forward gears engage fine and with the typical B&M toughness. But the problem is reverse. It takes two hands to get past the tension of the shifter to enter the gate. This does not seem right. Any thoughts?????
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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 03:24 AM
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Yep, me and a buddy had the same problem on the reverse being to "tuff" to engage, but after a week or so it got "looser" and now shifts good. My guess was that it needed time to break-in.
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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 03:26 AM
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Yep, me and a buddy had the same problem on the reverse being to "tuff" to engage, but after a week or so it got "looser" and now shifts good. My guess was that it needed time to break-in.
A little ridiculous. Passenger basically has to grab it and pull :crazy:
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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 03:35 AM
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We just yanked it hard from neutral and it went in.
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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 05:11 AM
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did you install a skip shift eliminator and unpluge the reverse lockout instead? Just a thought. :confused:
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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 08:53 AM
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did you install a skip shift eliminator and unpluge the reverse lockout instead? Just a thought. :confused:

:confused: :confused: Nope 1-4 still is on the car.

reverse lockout?? I thought it was similar to the 94+ C4's, no reverse lockout?
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