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Old 07-11-2018, 09:59 PM
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Made it home in 2nd gear. 3000 rpm is 40 mph! Thanks to all who offered to follow me home. Now to figure out what came loose.
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Old 07-12-2018, 08:42 AM
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Made it home in 2nd gear. 3000 rpm is 40 mph! Thanks to all who offered to follow me home. Now to figure out what came loose.
Glad you made it home. Hopefully its something easy to fix.
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Old 07-12-2018, 10:49 AM
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Made it home in 2nd gear. 3000 rpm is 40 mph! Thanks to all who offered to follow me home. Now to figure out what came loose.
Glad you got ho,e safely. Hope this an easy fix. Ken
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Glad you made it home Gary, hopefully it’s an easy fix.
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Old 07-13-2018, 10:50 AM
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The bolt that holds the shifter to it's bracket stripped out and came loose. Had to remove the tranny mount and jack up the tranny to get it out. Would have been nice it the engineers had given us a larget hole in the tranny tunnel to get to all this. The bracket is threaded and they strip out, so I need to get a nut welded to the bracket.
Also not sure if I can get all this back together.
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Old 07-13-2018, 01:21 PM
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So glad you made it home and also figured out the issue...You will find a way to get it back together.
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Old 07-13-2018, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by F4Gary
The bolt that holds the shifter to it's bracket stripped out and came loose. Had to remove the tranny mount and jack up the tranny to get it out. Would have been nice it the engineers had given us a larget hole in the tranny tunnel to get to all this. The bracket is threaded and they strip out, so I need to get a nut welded to the bracket.
Also not sure if I can get all this back together.
Just jack up the license plates and put a C7 between them.
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Old 07-15-2018, 04:59 PM
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It's fixed! Shifts better than it has in a long time. No more rattling or vibration noises. Nice crisp shifts. Now I wish this would have happened years ago so I would have had a nice shifting car all this time. See you all Wednesday....with my car.
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Old 07-16-2018, 09:16 AM
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i might actually make it out this Wednesday, we will see what work looks like the next 3 days.
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Old 07-25-2018, 07:55 AM
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Anyone gonna show up tonight? It’s hot out... but I’ll be there.
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Old 07-25-2018, 12:22 PM
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Anyone gonna show up tonight? It’s hot out... but I’ll be there.
My fat *** will be there. But car is down so will be in the low hoe.
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Old 07-25-2018, 01:06 PM
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My fat *** will be there. But car is down so will be in the low hoe.
You need that Porsche! 😬
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Old 07-25-2018, 03:00 PM
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You need that Porsche! 😬
I wonder how mad she would be if i just bought it behind her back lol
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Old 07-25-2018, 03:45 PM
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I wonder how mad she would be if i just bought it behind her back lol
Only one way to find out!!! Better to beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission.
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Old 07-25-2018, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by C7BB


Only one way to find out!!! Better to beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission.
what could possibly go wrong?
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what could possibly go wrong?
Cant be that bad of an idea lol. My cut something off that cant be replaced.
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Old 07-25-2018, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by zdeckich
Cant be that bad of an idea lol. My cut something off that cant be replaced.
Anything can be sewn back on. Might look like hell though.

I'll be in my "my car is in the shop" truck.
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Old 07-25-2018, 05:33 PM
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We’ll be in our “ car isn’t in the shop and better not break anytime soon car”
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Old 07-25-2018, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by C7BB
We’ll be in our “ car isn’t in the shop and better not break anytime soon car”
So...another 15 miles on it this month?
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Originally Posted by F4Gary
So...another 15 miles on it this month?
If we’re suuuuuuper lucky. 😛
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