Identifying A Shifter

[Zed Head]

Good luck.  I took another closer look at your first picture and it seems like everything is actually there, just dirty and hard to see.  Many posts later, it looks like a non-issue.

 

You just need a B-style shift lever, the nylon bushing that sits on the end of it, the pin that holds the lever in place and its clip, and the two nylon bushings that the pin slides through.  If you posted a side picture, it would all be clear.

[EuroDat]

Here is two pics.One is 4 sp trans with shifter the other is the back of 5 sp trans.Any suggestions?photo 1(2).JPGphoto 2(2).JPG

 

The photos in post #1 are

Left: FS5W71B. 5 speed 280Z transmission (wide ratio) without the shifter.

Right: F4W71A. 4 Speed 240Z transmission. 3 piece housing.

This is most probably a pre 10/71 240Z car. After that they changed to the F4W71B two piece housing. Would be handy to quote your model and production date.

 

If its the early 240Z you will need to modify the 280Z shifter or cut the tunnel.

Don't get a shifter for the four speed, it wont fit because the section under the pivot point is too long.

If you don't want to modify the shifter the second option is to cut the tunnel to give the shifter the required clearance for 1st, 2nd and 5th. The console will be a problem too. At this point; modifying the shifter looks to me to be the better option. Keeps the mod reversable and stock looking.

 

I helped a friend do this on a series 1 a couple of years back. The car has since been sold and I don't have any photos, but I did make some simple drawings of the modified shifter.

We made it according to the drawing, but it required some minor heating and tweaking after to get it centered exactly in the middle of the tunnel opening.

 

Do yourself a favour and buy new bushes for the shifter. You will feel the difference.

2x http://www.courtesyparts.com/bushing-p-345116.html

1x http://www.courtesyparts.com/bushing-le-p-345182.html

 

Chas

[Patcon]

Chas

Love the drawings. That man has training...

Charles

[nix240z]

I did a mod to my shifter today for the later style transmission into my 71. 20 years ago I replaced my transmission and I just cut the console.

I found a pic of a modified shifter for my setup, so I set up a jig and did the modification.

Steve

[RED71Z]

It will be Monday before I can look at my transmission but it looks like this might work.Now I will need a shifter.I have the shifter off of an A transmission.