MK1 Rabbit Pickup Complete Shifter Rebuild

[@elhawwai]

Thank you a lot for your great work keep it up man

[@SmithsEuro]

Appreciate you watching!

[@Fishifyed]

How would I get it out of third gear it’s stuck but the shifter has free play up and down but not side to side

[@SmithsEuro]

Youll have to manually go out to the trans and pull it out of gear. When it the shift tower moves free up/down youre in neutral

[@michaelbro6813]

what book are you referencing? Is it a chilton's manual?

[@SmithsEuro]

Bentley manual

[@yamkaw346]

This should be the exact same on a 4speed caddy diesel right?

[@SmithsEuro]

Would be similar, but best to have a bentley manual to refer to. There are differences between them.

[@acez4371]

2:24 made no sense to me and I broke my shit😭

[@SmithsEuro]

Its a squish type tension. Too loose and its sloppy, too tight and it wont move. Like the 3 bear’s story, gotta be just right.

[@acez4371]

@Smiths Euro Yeah, I kept tightening mine and checking for slop, then it broke in 2. But other than that mishap, the video was danm helpful. 👍🏼

[@hoodjyrome3030]

I need to this to my caddy. #301

[@SmithsEuro]

Its not that bad of a job just dirty. The evwparts kit is good and has all the parts youll need. Usually instock and ready to ship. I linked it in the description.

[@kennethmottaz2664]

Hey I just replaced all my shifter bushings and it won’t go into reverse once so ever what should I do to fix that?

[@SmithsEuro]

Recheck everything, nothing obvious then I would say you probably didn’t keep it in alignment on the splined shaft. And you would have to reset it to the oem bentley settings in the book.

[@kennethmottaz2664]

@@SmithsEuro I put everything back together how it came oof like first and second and where reverse is

[@SmithsEuro]

Hard to say without seeing it. Best bet is to grab a bentley manual and reset it to oem setting. Maybe someone messed something up in the adjustment before you got it. And its been an issue getting gears.

[@kennethmottaz2664]

@@SmithsEuro I got it fixed I found out the issue in one of the books I have and after that it works fine and I was off by a couple teeth on the shaft

[@SmithsEuro]

Good to hear. Do a burnout in it now.

[@aboundingpassions2430]

How’d you remove the shifter base plate?

[@SmithsEuro]

2 either 10mm screws or Philips screws (can’t remember) And the cir-clip on the shifter. Then the shifter slides out.

[@vgrepairs]

@@SmithsEuro that retaining clip on the shifter pops out when i go into reverse, i just stack more to keep it from doing that