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Offline kram350kram

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Shifter arm height, interior TCS
« on: Thursday,May 06, 2021, 12:40:35 PM »
Looking for the stock shifter arm height from the plastic console to the top of the shifter arm threads. Any help appreciated.

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Re: Shifter arm height, interior TCS
« Reply #1 on: Thursday,May 06, 2021, 01:09:58 PM »
I'm a bit confused. Are you looking for the distance from the console cover under the gater to the threads in the shifter that the shift knob screws on to?

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Re: Shifter arm height, interior TCS
« Reply #2 on: Thursday,May 06, 2021, 01:24:14 PM »
I'm confused why you'd want to know this too.

Is it because you are making your own lever/shift mechanism?

For standard I didn't think it was adjustable as it's set by where the pivot at the base of the lever mounts into the chassis backbone.

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Re: Shifter arm height, interior TCS
« Reply #3 on: Thursday,May 06, 2021, 01:33:20 PM »
Yes BDA, correct . SilverBeast, using a Porsche cable shifter box but with the stock shifter arm modified to fit. Appears in pictures I have seen on the net the shift knob is about level with the bottom of the wood dash?

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Re: Shifter arm height, interior TCS
« Reply #4 on: Thursday,May 06, 2021, 02:30:41 PM »
Will this do?

Sorry, that picture of my knob is bigger than I thought...
« Last Edit: Thursday,May 06, 2021, 02:34:26 PM by SilverBeast »

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Re: Shifter arm height, interior TCS
« Reply #5 on: Thursday,May 06, 2021, 02:36:00 PM »
Now that I know more about what you're doing, I would think the more important dimension would be from the ball joint in the frame to the top. That's a much more difficult thing to measure in my car.

Measuring from the console cover to just under the shift ball is pretty close to 5 1/2". My console cover is covered with vinyl so it's actually a smidge less than that but I'm sure there are enough variations across Europas that the thickness of the vinyl would be insignificant.

Hope that helps.

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Re: Shifter arm height, interior TCS
« Reply #6 on: Thursday,May 06, 2021, 04:43:09 PM »
Thanks to both of you. Perfect !