TOY: tranny shifter fix

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----- Original Message -----
From: Evan Mills <mudyota@hotmail.com>
To: <toyota@4x4wire.com>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:21 AM
Subject: TOY: Re: Toyota 4x4 Mailing List V1 #573


> Erik Bibelheimer wrote:
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> >The shifter "seat" is probably what you guys are talking about.
> >Here's an article for the V6 tranny, yours should be similar:
> >
> >http://www.off-road.com/toyota/tech/shifter/index.html
> >
> >It may or may not fix the problem, but its a good place to start.
>
> I just did this on my 89 4Runner. It's like having a new tranny. The
shifter
> has about 1/8" of play in it, instead of the 1" or so it had before. Now
you
> hear clickety-click... click-click every time you shift. It's friggin'
> sweet!
>
> The part numbers in that article for the bushing and seat will work (We
> should both have the W56 tranny.) but the diagram is a little off. The
> shifter boot on my tranny (I shredded it getting it off) was shaped like a
> football with the pointy end cut off, but the V6 tranny in that diagram
has
> a round boot.
>
> If I were you, I'd do this thing NOW. The results are excellent, it costs
> like $12. The article says it's not sure which part to replace, so I got
> them both - which was a good thing, since both the seat and bushing were
> SHOT TO HELL in my tranny. The bushing had cracked all the way through!
You
> pull your center console, undo 6 phillips head screws, undo 4 more screws,
> and pull the shifter straight up. Then replace the parts and put it all
back
> together. It took me about 10 minutes, but I had my interior gutted of
> everything but the seats at the time.
>
> Evan Mills
> 89 4Runner, 33" MT/Rs, 9K Winch.
>
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