Short Shifter installation

[S13_RaHiL]

does anyone know a good site that will show me how to install a shortshifter?

[lateralmotion]

i hate to be one of those guys that exist on this site for the simple purpose of telling people to search, but if you do a search on that topic i'm sure that you will find some really good info on doing this install.

[wanabe240esx]

where the hell is MY guncan we get a popup be4 ppl post with one button,i think we know which one it is

[R240NA]

If you need instructions, you shouldn't be attempting the install.

[sil80drifter]

you f*ing guys, the dude asked a question about WHERE to get directions, not if YOU could tell him how to do it. I am sure some of you know a site that describes how exactly one installs a short shifter, or simply replaces the OE shifter. Some of us don't have the money for bringing the car to a shop everytime somethign breaks. Also we might not have a friend around to show us how to do it. So we read. And I think YOU did too. Just give him something to read. (Informative not derogative).BTW I typed "shifter" into the search and got a lot of info on how much they are and what the better one may be, but no info on how to do it whatsoever, so stop with the search thing, sometimes it dont work.

sil80drifter

[Xaev]

http://www.240sx.org/links/ins....html

Has a walkthrough on the Pilot Motorsports SS install. Only walkthrough I can recall seeing, offhand.

-Xaev

[stickgoat]

Short shifter installs are actually quite simple. Instructions should come with the shifter you buy, I reckon.

[R240NA]

Some of us don't have the money for bringing the car to a shop everytime somethign breaks. sil80drifter

Neither do we, that's we do the work OURSELVES. It's common knowledge how a shifter comes out, and the new one is pretty damn self-explanatory. Like I said, if you're confused, you don't need to try it.

[sil80drifter]

I don't want to get into an argument. R240NA, so every single time you were confused, you just didn't do anything? You didn't ask someone for help? You never asked someone whare you could get some tips? Where you could find something that might help you out? You've ALWAYS done everything yourself? Never asked for help? to my understandign, this board is both for discussion and aid/advice to other members. What may be common knowlege to you, may be high end calculus to someone else, but geuss what somehow they have to learn too, and it won't happen if people tell them that if they are unsure of how to do it, they shouldn't be working on it in the first place. That's discouraging and I would even say impollite. And not jokingly impolite, I mean I could probably tell some one to go f*** themselvs and it'd be fun and games. What u did was not too proper. Maybe someone did it toy ou beore, but it doesn't meanu should do it too.

Thanks for the site with the installation instructions and pics, I've seen it before but I forgot about it. Hope it helps whomever needed it.

sil80drifter

[Anand]

Here is a site where there is step by step instructions with picture for installing short shifter!

Enjoy:

http://www.zilvia.net/installs/obxss/doc.asp

[S13_RaHiL]

thanks guys

[doctorj240]

Don't listen to all the a-holes in here. I think they are here just to flame people with questions about their car. You know what? People learn after a while. You don't have to freaking flame every newbie. Sorry, that was pissing me off.

[wanabe240esx]

im sorry but anyone asking for instructions on how to install a short-shifter falls into the "ricer" category

but.....if i offended you in any way, forgive me, i dont even remeber when it was i was watchin daddy change the oil cuz i didnt know how

P.S. please tell me you know how to do that

[sil80drifter]

wanabe, ricer is someone who makes their car look fast and not BE fast. Maybe even someone who will go to the car shop for the simplest installs and waste their money. But someone who is unsure on how to do somethign adn wants to do it themselves is by no means a ricer. It's a person who wants to learn, and since others have ben through a lot of experience on fixing/modding things, they are askign you to share that experience, so unless you have a site where you explain all your mods, and people are still asking you about it, or you don't feel like sharing, you should say nothing or at LEAST not put the person down, because by not helping them out and giving non constructive responses, you are wasting time, space and even bandwidth.

sil80drifter

[MaineExport]

I don't want to get into an argument. R240NA, so every single time you were confused, you just didn't do anything? You didn't ask someone for help? You never asked someone whare you could get some tips? Where you could find something that might help you out? You've ALWAYS done everything yourself? Never asked for help? to my understandign, this board is both for discussion and aid/advice to other members. What may be common knowlege to you, may be high end calculus to someone else, but geuss what somehow they have to learn too, and it won't happen if people tell them that if they are unsure of how to do it, they shouldn't be working on it in the first place. That's discouraging and I would even say impollite. And not jokingly impolite, I mean I could probably tell some one to go f*** themselvs and it'd be fun and games. What u did was not too proper. Maybe someone did it toy ou beore, but it doesn't meanu should do it too.

Thanks for the site with the installation instructions and pics, I've seen it before but I forgot about it. Hope it helps whomever needed it.

sil80drifter

Sil80drifter....

you're a good man, and it's about time somebody stood up and said something. I whole-heartedly agree with what you have said. The only thing I would take issue with.... there are SOME things that one should not attempt without the proper equipment, training, and experience. This, however, is not one of those cases, and it would have been nice if somebody had helped out instead of flaming. THANKS again for clearing the air and being the one to say what I've wanted to say.

[FrEaK]

The problem with the people who flame is that they just dont want to admit they dont know either.....

[Two-Forty]

yea some of these people on the board thinks they know everything. if you knew everything you should be more than willing to help, isn't that why you signed up for this forum? to GET help or GIVE help? maybe the simple things are overlooked, so ima use a quote that every one SHOULD know (but correct me if im wrong, some might not know)

"If you have nothing nice to say, Don't say nothing at all."

[R240NA]

The problem with the people who flame is that they just dont want to admit they dont know either.....

Surrrrre. THAT's what it is. Flamers hate ignorance, bottom line. If I flame, it's because I hate the ignorance spewed on that particular post. Now, I did jump on that a little harsh, but that doesn't mean it wasn't deserved. You don't need 1000 posts on some forum to know things, nor does someone with 25 posts automatically be classified as new and inexperienced. The people you attempt to slander are the ones that started the scene in most cases, remember that.

[APEXi240]

The problem with the people who flame is that they just dont want to admit they dont know either.....

Thats just ignorance.

R240, I know you said you came on harsh, but he asked for a place to get directions. He didn't even ask for directions. How will he learn if no one teaches him? Are you telling me you came out of the womb with a wrench in your hand? I highly doubt it. Not everyone is graced with a father/uncle/friend that is mechanically inclined.

I've had to learn everything myself...I didn't even know how to change my oil when I first got my liscence. My dad was never mechanically inclined...he pushes a pencil. I know thatI know jack, but I'm learning, and if I didn't ask basic questions I wouldn't even have done as little as I've done to this day. It's taken time and I've gotten better. Don't jump down the guys throat because he wants to cram a little knowledge in his head.

[FrEaK]

No it's not ignorance... it's true on most accounts, having a large post count means nothing on this board, it's just another thing to laugh about. I never said that any of you were less knowledgeable then the next person, i dont lik, whowever, when ANY ****ING BODY ASKS A ****ING QUESTION THEY GET ****ING MADE FUN OF AND INSULTED.... give me a break... just because your a "genuis" and he's not doesn't mean you can talk smack... grow up.. and help the person instead of putting them down... sad reallly

[Two-Forty]

YEA! like me!

[MarkEmark]

All that I have to say man, is good FRIGGIN luck gettin the last two screws that hold the stock shifter in place out of the inserts. WOW, could there be a harder place to access? My B&M came with easy to read, picture-enhanced directions. Like i said, the only hard part is gettin those two screws out. You have to access it form under the car, using an open end 14 mm wrench, but you can barely fit your hands above the transaxel, and then theres sharp metal right above it..about 2" of clearance...I had a hard time and I have relatively skinny fingers. I could only turn the screws like 1/8 of a turn each time...PAIN IN THE A.SS!BUT, i whole-heartedly recommend a B&M absolutely transformed the shifting on my car, nice, firm, short, notchy shifts...feels so mint in my hands!Later

[Cyberkreig]

I've had to learn everything myself...I didn't even know how to change my oil when I first got my liscence. My dad was never mechanically inclined...he pushes a pencil. I know thatI know jack, but I'm learning, and if I didn't ask basic questions I wouldn't even have done as little as I've done to this day. It's taken time and I've gotten better. d.

I'm not gettin in that flame crap.. but you sound just like me. My father can't change his own oil, and he wouldn't if he could. I'm only 19 years old. Never been into cars till i got my 240.. and now I have an SR of my own that I am responsible for taking care of... I dont left a wrench before i ask a question to make sure i'm doin the right thing.

[skatanic28]

same deal heremy dad used to do a lot of work himeself, but when i was too little to know what was goin on. now he has people do all that for him. im tryin to figure all this stuff out for myself, workin alrite so far.

[FrEaK]

There a certain satisfaction you get when you do something yourself... thats why i tend to want to learn my self...

[Drift Machine]

Yeah, I'm only 17 and I already have done 3 engine swaps. Two of them were just stock swaps, my 240 I swapped my busted out engine for a newer one and an 89 civic SI me and my friend replaced the engine, and the other one was taking out the engine of a 2g DSM having it completely rebuilt and putting it back in. Before I even thought about doing any of that stuff, I made sure I knew what I was doing. I had my dad help me with my KA swap, my friends dad helped us out on the DSM, and the SI we did ourselves(trust me there is alot of money to be made in buying a wrecked car fixing it up and reselling it). To me his question was a genuine one, he simply wanted to know how to do something, whats wrong with wanting to know.

And as for your actual question, if you get the OBX shifter. Mine came with no intructions, but the install was easier then removing the orginal one.

[S14lover]

im sorry but anyone asking for instructions on how to install a short-shifter falls into the "ricer" category

but.....if i offended you in any way, forgive me, i dont even remeber when it was i was watchin daddy change the oil cuz i didnt know how

P.S. please tell me you know how to do that

Jesus man!!!...thats a little much dont you think? ...i mean i asked about the proper way of taking my struts off...does that make me rice and if it does your an ***.....i love my car, and i love the fact that it will be very fast soon i dont care about body kits or anything like that unless it helps with the speed......dunno just me i guess:help

[jam1231]

Amen the search on this site sometimes does not give us the results we need, but then there are those that flame us and tell us to use the search, bottom line it is a car if you hear the same question help or delete

[ZiG]

my shifter didnt come with instructions. i figured it out.