89macrunner

Well since ive been driving my yota as my daily driver i was wondering if there are any alternitives to the slushbox. Does B&M make a kit or something? a short shift kit isnt needed just something to tighten up the box.

dwh91102

fix to slush box get a 5speed

89macrunner

i have a 5 speed the shifter is terrible..thts my issue

dwh91102

ahhh ok I sorta had that problem when i first go my truck. If you remove the rubber boot from under the shifter you will see a ball on the end of the shifter and a bolt that locks it in, thats all that was wrong with mine is the bolt just needed tightened up

slustan

dont know the part numbers, but there are two things that can be done and it greatly improved the quality of my truck. i believe ya have the r-150 tranny or 151, cant quite remember which went in which, but i switched to redline, which was a negligable difference, but i change the shift bushings, there are two of them, it tightened it up very nicely. im assuming ya have a 5 speed, and not a slushbox, but the bushings improved the shifting nicely, cleaned up a lot of the slop.

89macrunner

the 5speed is a slushbox...as much as i love my 4runner the gearbox in it is just terrible...maybe its just me, i dunno. but Ill chneck those bolts and the bushings..and a decent shiftknob would help also

slustan

always used the term slushbox to describe an auto tranny, didnt mean anything by it.

Robinhood150

Yup, slush box = auto tranny

jimbo74

in the automotive world, the general jargon is "slushbox" means an automatic transmission

89macrunner

hmm my mistake...im an origonal person...not to mention im one of the younger generation usuers here..haha..i guess ill just have to just remeber that im not driving a sports car and if i try to shift like in driving one im not going to hit the gears...

jimbo74

try the shifter fix mod... i did on my 4x2 5 speed and it helped out a lot... i drive my truck like a sports car... but then again, i have also heard that the 4x2s are way faster than the 4x4s

89macrunner

any write-ups on it?

jimbo74

yes there are several write yps..... its the shifter seat or shifter bushing... there are 2 parts to it

jimbo74

http://www.marlincrawler.com/docs/sh...eat/index.html http://www.marlincrawler.com/trans.html

89macrunner

i dont need a trans rebuild thats for sure. Im gonan replace the shifter seat for sure that seems like it could be the problem...

Have any of you used the short shifter kit? Does it change the shifter itself or is it just a shorter shaft? How hard is this to install?