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Old 03-30-2004, 08:02 PM
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Note to those in the future doing the lever replacement:
If you have trouble pushing the new lever into the hole with the new rubber lever bushing on like I did, if you give it a light rub with some motor oil, it'll slide right in.
Don't spend 45 minutes trying to fight it like I did.
Also, when you are pounding out the roll pin that holds the shifter in place, pound it out from the bottom. Then pound it back in after replacing the lever from the top. Doesn't look like its a tapered pin to me, but that's the way I did it, just in case, and it worked fine.
By the way: The new shift lever keeps the car in park great. When you pull your old lever out, you can't miss the notch that's been worn into it.
A very easy and worthwhile fix, safety-wise.
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