Manual shifter cable install. Helppp

[jFritzies]

So the videos on YouTube show them put together an automatic base model goblin and they don’t show how to run the shifter cables and how they mount to the transmission. Anybody have steps on what to do? My donor is a 2008 LS manual

 

[Lonny]

Manual shifter installation and adjustment

Step one Install your tunnel cover. Step two Install your shifter cable bracket Step three Identify one of the cables on both ends with a sharpie mark or piece of tape. Route your two shifter cables along the tunnel and through the opening in the firewall. The cables need to be positioned...

dfkitcar.com

Your transmission cable mount will be different.

 

[jFritzies]

Manual shifter installation and adjustment

Step one Install your tunnel cover. Step two Install your shifter cable bracket Step three Identify one of the cables on both ends with a sharpie mark or piece of tape. Route your two shifter cables along the tunnel and through the opening in the firewall. The cables need to be positioned...

dfkitcar.com

Your transmission cable mount will be different.
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Does the shifter cable hardware come with stage 2?

 

[jamesm]

One thing to note with a base LS manual, you'll need to trim the counterweight or it will hit the frame and you won't be able to shift through all the gears.

 

[Lokian]

you will need to trim the counterweight as noted. Also the mount on the top of the bracket needs to pushed out a little as I had binding there. I put the bracket in between the rubber bushings and it helped out a little.

 

[jFritzies]

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you will need to trim the counterweight as noted. Also the mount on the top of the bracket needs to pushed out a little as I had binding there. I put the bracket in between the rubber bushings and it helped out a little.

Do you have any pictures on how much counterweight you trimmed?

 

[jamesm]

Pay no attention to the awful cuts... I already had my engine in and had the coolant lines and everything before I realized it needed trimming....

 

[Lokian]

 

[jFritzies]

Thanks for the pictures

 

[OptimizePrime]

You can actually cut the counterweight off without any material difference

 

[MattyP]

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you will need to trim the counterweight as noted. Also the mount on the top of the bracket needs to pushed out a little as I had binding there. I put the bracket in between the rubber bushings and it helped out a little.

Is this how everyones looks? I feel like there is some tension on my cables with it being so cocked.

 

[Robinjo]

I have an F35 trans and those photos are the F23 (I think). But yeah, one of my cables has a decent ‘bend’ in it and works perfectly fine.

 

[LLBenJ]

My kit was missing the required transmission cable mount for my F35. The mount pushes the cable connections up and away aligning them. I see Lonny's response above so double check your kit, and with DF, if a new mount is required for that transmission.

 

[MattyP]

I have an F35 trans and those photos are the F23 (I think). But yeah, one of my cables has a decent ‘bend’ in it and works perfectly fine.

I have F23 as well but yea mine look similar, Ive seen a few other people show that the mounting plate was updated in 2021 from a side by side, to a more up and down mount for the cables to allow them to lay better. I have kit #360 and I wonder if I was before they included the new mount.

 

[D&dgoblin69]

F23 required bracket mounts onto transmission