The linkage connecting to the shifter:
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Numbers 10 and 11 run 8-9 bucks. No biggie. if it is the linkage you can buy an Evoms billet linkage for about 110 bucks, but its not gonna break nearly as easily.
The burning clutch thing is an issue. But it may be somehow connected to the shift linkage/clutch positions etc. You can only know for sure once things get looked at. Hope all goes well
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2002 Boxster S 6 Speed (Ocean Blue/Savannah)
-De-Snorkled, Porsche (B&M) Short Shifter, EVO Shift Linkage
-H7 HID Upgrade
-Rennwerke Maintained
1998 Bouvier (Brindle)
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