Short shifter for Mazda 626 GF

[@piotrek221]

I was thinking about same exact modification in my GF. Thanks for the video! Where did you get the shift knob from? Mine is worn already and needs a replacement.

[@Mazda626GF]

Knob is from my wife's 2013 Mazda 2 DE ;) She wanted a skull-shaped one and I wanted better looking than the previous one (that I got from AliExpress along with the leather boot below it)

[@fabiopantel4742]

Thank you for all the elaborate videos, they are really really helpful when trying to work on my 626 GF, even the 4 year old ones. I cant find the shifter on ali express unfortunately, could you maybe link it? Also what is that software you are using and is it available freely? Thanks again!!

[@Mazda626GF]

Hey, mate. The software is not free, so I cannot share it, but I'm sure you can find it on the internet ;) Here is a working link for the shifter: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005663911195.html

[@fabiopantel4742]

@@Mazda626GF thank you, i appreciate the work you do for us 626 owners!!

[@migeez6571]

Hi, installed the same shifter to my 626 but i noticed that the synchro is making noise on 5th gear and sometimes on 4th, have you experienced this and can i fix it in any way?

[@Mazda626GF]

I have the same issue with 3rd, but it is not related to the short shifter - I opened the gearbox and I saw a lot of wearing on the teeth.

[@migeez6571]

@@Mazda626GF oh, okay, well mine started making the noise after the installation, i read from the internet that it's the synchro but it shouldn't be harmful

[@migeez6571]

And also it makes that sound because the shifter is now pushing the synchro closer to the gear which makes noise

[@Mazda626GF]

@@migeez6571 Well, turn up the music and it will all go away. That's what my father does and it seems to be working :D Jokes aside, I do not have this issue and it might be due to short shifter manufacturing tolerances, different wearing levels of our gearboxes or just different gearbox all together. I'm running with the 2.0 FS HP gearbox, as seen on another video of mine.

[@migeez6571]

@@Mazda626GF yea, i have the 2.0 fs originally in my mazda and i think i should try to modify the shifter to make it bit "less short shifting" so that the sound would go away, but i'm going to do that in the summer, i live in Finland and it's cold here and i hate working on cars at winter and i don't even have any garages or anything like that so it sucks so imma do the not so necessary things in the summer. Btw, where did you get the spoiler from your car? Was it there already when you got it? I have hatchback aswell and i thought spoiler would look nice but i can't find them anywhere