What after market Auto shifter do you use??
#1 _V8Hatch_
Posted 05 November 2006 - 08:06 PM
#2 _JNR_ATE_
Posted 05 November 2006 - 08:30 PM
Only things that #$^% me, to get to reverse you have to lift the lever which stops over shifting, if u need to get in reverse quickly in can be a pain, but to me, the good out ways the bad.
I had to fit a light, so it would be legal and Roadworthy, and because they are an american shifter, the decals are on the left .
Still, i love it, good investment
Heres so pics
Pro Ratchet
Pro Ratchet 1
Cheers
JNR_ATE
Edited by JNR_ATE, 05 November 2006 - 08:32 PM.
#3 _V8Hatch_
Posted 05 November 2006 - 08:59 PM
JNR_ATE you said that you had to put a light it in to make it legal and roadworthy, is it ok to have the indicator on the LHS? Thanks for the pic's it looks good and i like where the tacho sits, neat.
#4 _Monkey_
Posted 05 November 2006 - 10:44 PM
#5 _1QUICK LJ_
Posted 06 November 2006 - 02:10 AM
#6 _Bomber Watson_
Posted 06 November 2006 - 07:28 PM
pros: bguckin awesome!
cons: havnt found one yet.
#7 _timbotorrie_
Posted 06 November 2006 - 07:29 PM
but the shift is awesome
#8 _wombat_
Posted 06 November 2006 - 08:39 PM
#9 _bodallafella_
Posted 06 November 2006 - 09:22 PM
#10
Posted 06 November 2006 - 11:48 PM
#11 _V8Hatch_
Posted 07 November 2006 - 12:14 AM
#12 _Monkey_
Posted 07 November 2006 - 02:13 AM
i used to use a star shifter and i gotta agree it was a pain in the ass,i now use a qiucksilver and love it.I drove my brother's LH a couple of years ago, he has a B&M star or mega not sure the exact model but it to was a pain in the ass to change into reverse as well, this is the only thing i don't like about them.
#13 _DocDamage_
Posted 07 November 2006 - 10:05 AM
#14 _MRNOS_
Posted 07 November 2006 - 06:00 PM
#15 _V8Hatch_
Posted 07 November 2006 - 06:36 PM
#16 _DocDamage_
Posted 07 November 2006 - 08:30 PM
#17
Posted 07 November 2006 - 09:44 PM
We had a massive problem when we installed it.. and that was the HEAP OF SHIT CABLE they come with.
THe cable that's on the monaro is a red sheathed push/pull cable. It's a really good quality one but the sheathing has been burnt in places from previous exhausts. I replaced it with a Mr gasket ( yep..old but brand new), one out of the box fromt hsi shifter and for the next 10 hours we adjusted swore, hit, swore, adusted, swore, test drove and swore some more and it STILL didnt work.
We re-installed the old burnt cable and bingo! all 100% perfect...
SOOOO ANGRY the night before a car show... i can tell you where a brand new cable resides if youve got a tall enough ladder to go get it!
Moral of the story... GO buy yourself a HIGH quality push/pull cable to suit your shifter and dont fix it too tightly, especially if its gotto have any tight turns.
Cheers!
#18 _V8Hatch_
Posted 07 November 2006 - 10:30 PM
Tiny i know what you mean when we adjusted my brothers it was a apin in the ass. I like the sound of your shifter i think i would prefer one that you lift up to get into reverse and park rather than lift an extra arm to do it.
#19
Posted 07 November 2006 - 10:41 PM
This one gets to be second nature when driving on the street so doign 3 point turns becomes pretty easy just by knowing the combinations of whacks forward or back and lifts and pushes!
I take it yours isnt cable shifted? I thought all B&M type aftermarket shifters were cable operated?
#20 _V8Hatch_
Posted 07 November 2006 - 10:45 PM
#21 _CHOPPER_
Posted 07 November 2006 - 10:59 PM
#22 _Oldn64_
Posted 08 November 2006 - 12:01 AM
Personally I hate the thing but until I can find a column shift then it will remain. A special cable and lever was required to get it right with w trimatic. I know this due to other mates with B&M's and trimatics. Only good thing is that it locks out reverse from the 123 section. When shifting up if you do not count in you head then you can select Nuetral. The pain is that to shift into reverse and drive is a lift up arrangement. took me ages to work it out but it only pulls up from drive not nuetral. Once I know this it is easy enough to find reverse when I want it. But I still am not a fan. A bracket was required to be made to make it work. My trimatic has the shifter on teh passenger side and the cable goes from the shifter across the top of the box around the right side of the box past the mount and along the left side from the back. this does not only take the cable slack but make sure the issue tiny had does not happen.. ie kinks in the cable..
Cheers
#23
Posted 08 November 2006 - 09:46 AM
I find that my shifter does lift from Neutral position ( which is the way it should be i reckon!) and once you get to know the shifter it's REALLY easy to use!
Cheers!
#24 _Oldn64_
Posted 08 November 2006 - 11:09 AM
That is exactly what I was thinking, but took the covers off it and had a really really close look at it. The Lift gate definately comes availible only in Drive not in Neutral.I find that my shifter does lift from Neutral position ( which is the way it should be i reckon!) and once you get to know the shifter it's REALLY easy to use!
Cheers
PS: Again like Tiny, once I had this worked out it is a hell of alot easier to use...
#25
Posted 08 November 2006 - 12:17 PM
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