Heya guys.
I've got a problem with my shifter. Anywayz here is the story:
I was driving down casually from the store after I picked up some milk for my mom, and all of a sudden my shifter (The rod and the whole thing) Just drops a few inches and starts to bounce up and down when i hit bumps in the roads. I can still shift properly and everything but its not right. So I drove home thinking that maybe the screw that holds the whole thing from under the car just came off. Anywayz I jack the car up and check it out, seems that the mx-3 doesn't hold the shifter in place by a screw but instead by a piece of plastic off the side which just shoves right in. I found that odd, so I pushed the shifter back in with my hands and it stayed there firmly. I take the car for a spin and everything is fine until I hit a speed-bump or something bumpy for that matter. It falls out and begins to bounce again (The whole shifter drops about 3-5 inches) . So I drive home again and hoist the car up again. This time I check it out throughoutly and it seems that piece of rubber that holds the whole shifter in is basically falling apart. Anywayz my question to you guys is how I can fix this without it ever popping out again? Can I get another piece of rubber like that or maybe I should hammer it back in???
Any thoughts? Help is direly needed...
Thx all!
Hmm Shifter Problem
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Chasing_Size
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There are two plastic clips, that eventually break on our cars, it holds the shifter linkage to the car, the reason why it broke is because the " stabilizer " bar attattched to the bottom of the shifter, then again to the tranny, came loose....
Go underneath your car, and drill a hole into the bottom round thing undrneath the shifter, intot he body of the car, secure it with a bolt, this will solve the problem.
Go underneath your car, and drill a hole into the bottom round thing undrneath the shifter, intot he body of the car, secure it with a bolt, this will solve the problem.
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