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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: kram350kram on Thursday,May 06, 2021, 12:40:35 PM
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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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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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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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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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Will this do?
Sorry, that picture of my knob is bigger than I thought...
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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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Thanks to both of you. Perfect !