Shifter seat bushing replacement on my 83'
 

how in the he!! do you get the shifter off the tranny to drop the bushing in ive had the bushing for like 3 months and just cant seem to figure it out its a 83' 5 speed help much appriciated......mahalo

Take the shifter boot off then there should be a snap ring that pops off, then push down and twist and it should pop out if my memory serves me correctly.

thanks ill give it a go tomorrow and let you know the outcome

put the trans in neutral, take the shifter knob off, lift up on all of the corners of the trans/tcase rubber boot and there are a bunch of phillips head screws, take them all off(8 in total I think?), unclip the shift boot(leather), there should be a rubber boot under that, take it off.. now you should be able to see the top of your trans, at the base of the shifter there's a stainless steel ring, push down on it and turn at the same time, its spring loaded it will pop up, now the shifter just comes right out. to get the old shifter seat out you need a flat blade screw driver, getting the new one in is even funner to get it around the pins, there's also a nylon bushing on the end of the shifter that needs replacing too, it sort of just pops off hard to explain, make sure you use lots of grease.

Oh and changing the trans fluid is really easy this way, undo the drain and filller plug, let it drain, put the drain plug back in, fill the trans through the shifter hole until fluid drips out of the filler plug.. way easier than sitting under there squeezing/pumping a few bottles of gear oil into it.

What kind of grease do you use in there? I didn't put any grease in when I got my new tranny...

k mission accomplished the only thing that was a little hard was getting that damn cap back on cuz after greasing it up it was a little hard to turn, but yeah theres a 100% diff. it actually is kinda wierd driving with the gears tight after driving for a year with the stick havin like a foot of play thanks guys couldnt of been without your help ALOHA

What type of grease did you use? Does it actually describe what to use in the FSM? 'Cause I don't see it..
I'm glad it's better!

i think it was the multi-purpose grease it works now ill see how it lasts

Like what you'd use to grease your driveshaft joints and all that? Thanks.

I just used some Timken bearing grease that I had laying around.. I really dont think it matters.

Ok, I've got some multi-purpose stuff I've used for the chassis that I'll put in there. Thanks

on my driveshaft joints i just used whatever grease came in the grease gun