Shift Bushing kit, I don't know what I don't know! Options

[malcolm2]

I am pretty sure that I need any and all bushing used in a side shift 75, 1.8L, L-jet. However, neither AA nor PP have a package that comes out and says THESE ARE ALL of the bushings. I see 3 bushing kits, 5 bushing kits, 7 bushing kits, single bushings. Emailed AA and got no reply. The guy at AA's ebay site did reply (still no help). He directed me to buy their tech notes book, which I have. And BTW it has no complete bushing list either. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif)

Common sense may tell me to buy the largest kit, but I need details. Does anyone have a layout, pictures, a website link, anything that will definitively tell me what I need and where they go, what they are named.

You see, my car is completely dismantled, so I can't just look at the old ones. I can, of course, see where a bushing might go, but I don't know the names of those locations. I am not from Missouri, but I do need someone to SHOW-ME. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Thanks,
Clark

[john_g]

I am pretty sure that I need any and all bushing used in a side shift 75, 1.8L, L-jet. However, neither AA nor PP have a package that comes out and says THESE ARE ALL of the bushings. I see 3 bushing kits, 5 bushing kits, 7 bushing kits, single bushings. Emailed AA and got no reply. The guy at AA's ebay site did reply (still no help). He directed me to buy their tech notes book, which I have. And BTW it has no complete bushing list either. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif)

Common sense may tell me to buy the largest kit, but I need details. Does anyone have a layout, pictures, a website link, anything that will definitively tell me what I need and where they go, what they are named.

You see, my car is completely dismantled, so I can't just look at the old ones. I can, of course, see where a bushing might go, but I don't know the names of those locations. I am not from Missouri, but I do need someone to SHOW-ME. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Thanks,
Clark

Here's a Pelican how-to article on replacing the three main bushings in the linkage:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9...ift_improve.htm

And here's the parts page from Pelican for the bushing kit:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopca...t_pg1.htm#item0

You want the bushing kit for the 73-76 cars - five bushings and two set screws.

[scott_in_nh]

Here's a Pelican how-to article on replacing the three main bushings in the linkage:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9...ift_improve.htm

And here's the parts page from Pelican for the bushing kit:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopca...t_pg1.htm#item0

You want the bushing kit for the 73-76 cars - five bushings and two set screws.

I would suggest changing the rear trans mounts too. Pelican has the 911 sport engine mounts that work as a trans mount for the 914.

I noticed mine had quite a bit of deflection in them even though they weren't torn. That deflection = binding.

I did this after replacing all of the shift bushings and felt there was another incremental improvement in shifting.