Short Shift Kit & Clutch Delay Valve fix

[mcurcio1989]

Yeah I had called about it thursday and that is when they upgraded to overnight but it didn't have a status update on ups until late friday. It is nearby to me now, ready to get dropped off monday. I won't have a problem with the signature.

[mcurcio1989]

She's in!! Like the impatient little prick I am after getting home at midnight from a work event I decided screw it, I'm putting this thing in - so what if I have to get up for work at 6am

If your looking at the time you can see it didn't take long - I will write up a full diy tomorrow but I can say that it took me just under 1.5 hours from start to finish and I ran into a stupid problem nobody else will really have to. If you are just doing this kit it should not take any longer than 1 hour. There isn't much to it but it isn't as brainless as changing oil or something. If I were to go back and do it again it would be about a 30-45min job. I think once I get a diy done for this it should be something any of you guys on here can take on.

There are two ways that one could do this and I will detail those tomorrow. I saved that front joint for later when I have more time cause that thing will be a huge pita and I can see now why uuc told riggo that his didn't need to be replaced cause it would suck to do. Unfortunately me camera died half through so I couldn't get as many pics as I liked but it won't be a problem for the diy.

Didn't have chance to drive it to much so I don't want to review that till later but so far it felt super tight and smooth.

[Riggodeaux]

Good for you! From the instructions, its clearly not a six hour job; just an indication of how 'book' time - what shops charge - bears no relation to reality. Look forward to seeing your DIY and driving impressions.

[Ricky Bobby]

Thanks for saving me 20 bucks mcurcio, I'm gonna leave the joint for the future as I have even less miles than Riggo (71k) and didn't order it yet, I'm sure my shifter will be tight after putting the Evo3 in.

Rob returned my email inquiry yesterday since that ups status didn't change since a week ago, he said it never made it to the truck and expediting getting it to me yesterday. I have a new tracking number and signature requirement was waived.

Did your stock knob go back on ok and was loose like Riggo's, or did you have to secure with a zip tie to keep in place?

[mcurcio1989]

Working on the DIY now. I'll touch on securing the knob - in short don't worry about it.

[SammyD]

^^^Exciting, thank you

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by SammyD

^^^Exciting, thank you

Hey Sammy if you want to get in on this it looks like the 15% sale is still active with UUC, it would take the shifter down to $303 shipped! You'll save even more than me and mcurcio, haha!

[SammyD]

^^^Thanks, I would (and definitely want to at some point), but I just purchased the OEM Titanium Interior set (after you respectfully bowed out) and will need to recover from that first .

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by SammyD

^^^Thanks, I would (and definitely want to at some point), but I just purchased the OEM Titanium Interior set (after you respectfully bowed out) and will need to recover from that first .

That was an awesome deal Sammy and I'm still sad i passed it up! However, I needed to recoup the costs and wasn't finding anyone to buy my wood trims, I didn't want to have them sitting in my basement!

I still will probably get a set someday, but for now I figured the wood wasn't bothering me too much, and I got excited for the short shifter lol!

I also was thinking of perhaps getting my existing wood trims painted Black Sapphire Metallic or Piano Black by a body shop, I always wanted the black trim look as well, and that way I could reuse what I have already instead of trying to sell an extra set of trims.

[mcurcio1989]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

That was an awesome deal Sammy and I'm still sad i passed it up! However, I needed to recoup the costs and wasn't finding anyone to buy my wood trims, I didn't want to have them sitting in my basement!

I still will probably get a set someday, but for now I figured the wood wasn't bothering me too much, and I got excited for the short shifter lol!

I also was thinking of perhaps getting my existing wood trims painted Black Sapphire Metallic or Piano Black by a body shop, I always wanted the black trim look as well, and that way I could reuse what I have already instead of trying to sell an extra set of trims.

Just buy some 3m 1080 vinyl and wrap them black. Prly cost less and you can always go back.