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Subject:Re: poor shifting; Help
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:31:12 +0200

Brad Anderson wrote:

> <snip> the shift lever for a 2WD is not interchangeable with the
> Syncro.

I have to correct you, Brad!

The 2wd 4-speed and the Syncro uses the same shift lever, the 2wd 5-speed uses a
different lever. I learnt this when my Syncro's lever broke, and I tried to find
a used one.

First junkyard I called said: "Nah, the Syncro and 2wd 4-speed is different, you
need a 2wd 5-speed lever! We aint got any of them. " The Second yard said: "The
Syncro and 2wd 5-speed is different, you need the 2wd 4-speed, which we don't
have!"

So, I stopped at the dealer, and asked my friend at the parts counter. What he
found is that the Syncro and 2wd 4-speed shares p/n, while the 2wd 5-speed has a
different p/n.

74 PerL
87 Syncro 112i
88 Syncro 112i (FS)