08-07-2019, 12:47 PM
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Custom User Title Here
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ft. Leonard Wood
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Originally Posted by Starter986
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Oh, come on, now.
Don’t be one of those guys that thinks it has to have a “Porsche” or large name brand sticker on it to be a decent product.
Those “knock off” short shifters are great and the 1/10 price tag shows how much the “name brands” are overpriced. Ben builds his ball bearing short shifter with the $30 shifters from Asia. 
They are very well made.
No, this is going to be a cable or trans issue.
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08-07-2019, 03:27 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Houston
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I got one of ebay for 45 bucks had to remake the bushings been in there 4 years now.
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08-08-2019, 06:34 AM
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2003 S, Arctic Silver, M6
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Posts: 1,346
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Originally Posted by particlewave
No, this is going to be a cable or trans issue.
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Agreed. Because it is easy to see I'd check the linkage at the trans end first just to see if it is jammed back there. If it looks good go ahead and remove the console and see what is happening there. It takes time and patience but getting it out is not a difficult job. Coins and other crap have been know to make their way down there and can cause things to jam.
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08-08-2019, 08:18 AM
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1998 Boxster Silver/Red
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: 92262
Posts: 3,095
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Quote:
Originally Posted by particlewave
Oh, come on, now.
Don’t be one of those guys that thinks it has to have a “Porsche” or large name brand sticker on it to be a decent product.
Those “knock off” short shifters are great and the 1/10 price tag shows how much the “name brands” are overpriced. Ben builds his ball bearing short shifter with the $30 shifters from Asia.
They are very well made.
No, this is going to be a cable or trans issue. |
My apology to all offended. I tend to be a little cocky before I'm warmed up, and clearly that is only after 6A Pacific.
Note to self: STFU
Thank you for the behavioral correction advice. I'm swallowing that pill now. 
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08-08-2019, 11:36 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Houston, TX
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Check in the back where the shifter cables attach to the transmission. Inside the cable ends are brass sleeve inserts. There are plastic caps that hold them inserted into the shifter cable outer jacket. The caps get brittle and break, then the brass sleeve can and will slide all the way out and foul the shifter cable end, jamming it solid and making it impossible to move.
I'm going to attempt to attach two photos here - one with the brass sleeve in place with a semi broken cap still holding it it's proper place inside the shifter cable jacket. The other is a photo of the cap gone and the brass sleeve fully out of the cable jacket and fouling the cable end, rendering it immovable.
I had a very similar situation to yours, this situation is what it was. To repair it, simply slide the brass sleeve back into the cable jacket and use a tightly mounted zip tie around the cable end at the ridge that the old plastic cap grabbed on to to hold the brass sleeve in place and not allow it to slide out again. Hope this helps.
Edit - Can't seem to attach the photos. If you wish PM me your email address and I'll send you some photos.
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08-08-2019, 12:19 PM
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Custom User Title Here
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ft. Leonard Wood
Posts: 6,169
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter986
My apology to all offended. I tend to be a little cocky before I'm warmed up, and clearly that is only after 6A Pacific.
Note to self: STFU
Thank you for the behavioral correction advice. I'm swallowing that pill now. |
No worries, buddy 
I’m the same way. I try not to post before noon 
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08-09-2019, 04:40 AM
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1998 Boxster Silver/Red
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: 92262
Posts: 3,095
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Originally Posted by particlewave
No worries, buddy
I’m the same way. I try not to post before noon |
Noon? That's a ...
Wait. It's only 440A. Se ya after 6. :dance:
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08-20-2019, 12:03 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Bay Area CA
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Problem fixed
Doug427 had it right. Great tip and photos. Saved me from who knows how much searching. The clip on the shift linkage at the transmission broke and jammed the lever. Slid the collar back and secured it with a zip tie. The whole repair took about twenty minutes with one guy at the tranny and another moving the shift lever to confirm things. Went for a hardshifnting drive afterwards and worked great.
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2002 Boxster S
2002 BMW M5 Dinan stage 3
2017 Honda Ridgeline
2008 Toyota 4Runner
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08-20-2019, 08:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Houston, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Emerald
Doug427 had it right. Great tip and photos. Saved me from who knows how much searching. The clip on the shift linkage at the transmission broke and jammed the lever. Slid the collar back and secured it with a zip tie. The whole repair took about twenty minutes with one guy at the tranny and another moving the shift lever to confirm things. Went for a hardshifnting drive afterwards and worked great.
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Glad it helped. If you can, try to post the photos I sent you up here. For some reason I can't post them. They might help the next guy down the road, as this seems to be a recurring issue. Enjoy the car!
Doug
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