(4wd )short shifter question (none made)

stephen

i am looking for a short shifter and when i search all the topics pertain to rt4wd. what shifters are you guys using and how do you like them? i think the nj guys said they are using an ef shifter? let me know. thanks.

also, i will post pics soon, i just got a new shift know - nextgear's heavyweight. it rocks. you guys should check it out.

edit: here is a pic of it, but not in the car....just the knob itself -
http://www.nextgearinc.com/HeavyWeight/ ... resize.jpg

jb2wheels

I bought this last week. $22 delivered knob and lever. You can get just the lever for $12-$14 delivered.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 37191&rd=1

Been in the car 4 days. I like it fine, but I'm waiting to see if the knob burns my hand after sitting in the sun all day...

I like the short shifts. I think any generic Ebay short shifter would be the same. They are not wagon specific. I know some folks have broken their cheapie shifters - time will tell.

I also changed to ES poly bushings about a week before changing the shifter. I did not notice much difference vs rubber, but my stock bushings were in surprisingly good shape.

astuto

there is no short shifters for the rt4wd wagons

eldonciv777

astuto wrote:

there is no short shifters for the rt4wd wagons

Ditto. If you guys take off the center console and look you will know why no one has made any.

Haydz

Cable shifted. You can tighten them up and also replace worn pivots and bushes.

eldonciv777

Haydz wrote:

Cable shifted. You can tighten them up and also replace worn pivots and bushes.

I plan to do that one of these days but the shifting is still pretty good considering the mileage.

Jaker

astuto wrote:

there is no short shifters for the rt4wd wagons

Has anyone tried a short shifter adapter from an Accord or Prelude to see if it will fit the 4WD Wagovan? The Prelude and Accord are both cable shifted as well, and there's short shifter adapters made and sold for both of those.

wagondriver

you would need to find a short shift adapter for the 88-91 prelude the 4wd wagon uses the same setup

FSC4wd

Sorry guys, there's no SS for the 3rd gen ludes either. There's two guys on preludepower.com who sell custom 1's out of the original lude shifter. Ones named KO_SI the other MustardCat. I haven't talked to either yet.

Also, what about using a Prelude 4ws shifter. They supposedly have a short throw. You could replace bushies and such, use the lude shifter, and maybe cut it down and re-tap it.

That's if the Prelude 4ws is the same as the non-4ws.

There's also a cool collection of photos of the modified lude shifter at:

http://www.prelude3g.com/

look at the bottom of the products page. If anybody decides to do this, I will buy one.

FSC4wd

Also check out the Transmission section there's a review of two different mod ideas with pictures(one is KO_SI's version). We could probably could use this info for a wagon version. I say we meaning the cast of characters from this board(Doodle, wink, wink) cause I can't weld.