ugggggh!!!! i was messing with the Z now i have a problem. i put my 5 speed i had from my 72 its a 79 ZX 5 speed. anywho i hook it all up everything goes in fine and well till.................

i go to replace the center panel and the shifter is right at the top of the cut out area for the gear shift.

wtf gives???

i didnt have this prob with my 72. how can i get this to work with out leaving my center console off and having to cut a larger hole in my car.

its on the lift as we speak, and i have to have it out of the garage tonight!!

BTW mine is a 71 240Z build date 5/71

The early 240's had a different trans and the shifter hole was further back. You will have to trim the hole in order to use the 5 speed

Yup, you gotta do a wee bit of trimming. Your 71 came with the early A model trans with the "monkey-motion" shifter linkage. The 72's and later came with the better B model transmission with the shifter mounted on the case itself. The A model shifter sat further back than the B models.

i went back down to the garage. looked at the shifter and what i had to work with.

then i saw TORCHES buwahahaha

i placed the shifter into the vice and heated that sum bitch till it bent at a 90 degree angle, then about 3 inches back i did it again at about a 75 degree angle.

put the shifter in and voila!!! YAYYYYY it works perfectly=))

thanks for all the suggestions just the same. i think what i needed was a minute to think instead of going insane

but now its working beautifully=))

i my Z again

Doh, yeah, well, that will work too....

Just be a little careful banging those gears, shifter might not be quite as strong as it used to be, be hell trying to shift on the way home using you index finger jammed into the shift rail...:cross-eye :stupid: