All done for now...just wait'in for my shifter plates from Ron. The OBX Tomcat A/T OD shifter installs just as the RAZO shifters of the the same type. I painted mine with red/black "rubberized" paint from Lowes. Figured it would be durable and give a nice grip to the shifter. Very happy with how it turned out! I put shrink-wrap on the spring in the shifter along with silicone grease and it is dead quiet! Glad I read the fix here at Vehicross.info! I just put silicone grease in the OD button instead of RTV and tie-wrapped the wires under the console for possible future use....machine guns anyone?
I couldn't get Home Depot to help me out with the spring from the Grant Eaton fix. They were of no help to me. They only had extension springs in stock...no compression springs. I gave them the part #SP-9706 and they said that they only order what is on the shelf....go figure. I tried the spring manufacturers website (Prime Line "HandyMan" Springs) but they only list Home Depot, Lowes, Sears as retailers for their products. The Lowes in Erie, PA carries another brand of springs, Haven't tried Sears. My shifter is working good with the original spring so far...the key releases as it should.
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I finally decided to give the dash and console a bit of "spiffing-up". I've always thought about painting the dash trim red from it's stock silver/gray appearance in order to complement the red/black seats and door panels.
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I just got a G2 Brake caliper paint kit..."red" to play with too when I can get to it.
Hopefully my new wheels will come off back-order before the next
Ice-Age.
C' ya later!
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