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Old 07-26-2006, 04:28 AM   #2
JackG
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Originally Posted by Rail26
My neighbor has a black 2002 Boxster S. The battery died the other day so I helped her get the car started and I noticed that reverse in the 986 is to the left and up. In the 987, reverse is to the right and the bottom on the five speed. I wonder why they changed it? Random thought by Jack Handy.
To add the 6th gear, which is in the bottom right of the tranny, they had to move the reverse gear, which was located there on the 5 speed. So they ground out some metal in the upper left of the tranny, moved reverse to there, and added 6th where reverse used to be.

Yeah... that's the ticket.
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