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Subject:Re: Front Shift rod
From:kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Date:Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:55:23 -0400

Art are you talking about inside that metal box under the floor?  I should
have a good used one if you need it.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Art Jury <kf7gd7@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello.   Working my way through the shifter in my manual transmission.
>
>  The right (passenger side) metal arm is broken off (not the plastic guide,
> though that to is missing).
>
> Is it Ok to weld a piece back on?   How accurate do the arms have to be?
> Looks like they are guides to help find the gears (3rd and 4th, very loose
> now, now I know why).
>
> Is it a part I should just try to find in a junk yard?
>
> Let me know what you think.   I know putting that ball on the base of the
> stick was as much fun as catching a very greased pig.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Art in Seattle area.
>
>
> --
> The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not
> expect to sit.  ~Nelson Henderson
>
> "You don't pay back, you pay forward."  Robert A. Heinlein
>

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com