stehigs321

Hey guys, I have a 96 civic with 98 b18c1. Recently my shifter would fall when i was in the lower gears, i.e. 2nd, 4th, reverse. Not it has begun falling when in nuetral and sometimes when in 1st, 3rd, and 5th. I picked up an adjustable short shifter from a friend when i did the swap. The fulcrum of the shifter is like a plastic ball which allows the shifter length to be adjusted. My question is, do you think the plastic ball joint is worn? How can i go about getting a replacment cradle or cup for the shifter? please let me know asap, sucks driving like this. thanks for all the help HT

instrument

a plastic ball on your shifter?
i've never seen plastic used in a shifter, do you have a picture?
i'm sure this is the issue though, have you visually inspected it?

stehigs321

I have not yet been able to give it a look. I want to say it is a pace setter shifter. like this one here.... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi...nosim any other suggestions???

stehigs321

The ball that adjusts is plastic i am pretty sure. it screws up and down depending on your desired throw.

stehigs321

please help guys. do i need a new things that accepts the ball joint of the shifter or what??

stehigs321

anyone else have this issue??

pork

I'm having a hard to understanding what's going on, but it seems as tho your problem is that you need to tighten the thing that holds the ball of the shifter to the shift linkage. don't over tighten tho or it will be very hard to get it in gear.

stehigs321

how do you go about tightening this??

stehigs321

do you think i need to remove the interior of the car to do this or just be able to get underneath?

stehigs321

anyone??

stehigs321

still need help with this

.Radical_Edward.

Was the car swapped from automatic to manual?

I know mine is a little too far back.

stehigs321

The car is swapped but the shifter position is good. The ball where the fulcrum point is of the shifter falls through the cradle type object in the linkage. any help would be appreciated. still driving around holding up my shifter to be able to shift.