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Oh really? Any further explanation or illustration of said bracket idea? This may just work for me.

 

all you need is some adequately thick aluminum brackets, bench grinder, table clamp, drills for metal, screws, and patience.

theoretically both methods are good. mines the first one:


haha @ my rugrats drawings, but you get the point.

 

fing02.gif That's a pretty good idea. If I ever have to go back into the console, I think I'll try that instead of what I've got in there now. Thanks.

 

Yeah, I just don't have the link memorized.

That's actually kinda disturbing that YOU have it memorized Lee...

LOL



Again, get PICTURES, then we can help more.

 

Sorry guys, I posted all of my results in my showroom thread and forgot to consider this one resolved. Here's some pics indicating what I did.

Here are the locations of the four bolt holes. The front two are too far forward and too far out.



I headed over to home depot and got some bolts, nuts, washers, and a few feet of aluminum to work with. I cut a few small strips and drilled some holes in them, bolted them down, then installed the bracket. Looking through the front two holes, I aligned the metal strips, then marked them for drill holes. I took everything off again and drilled the holes and ran long bolts through them, getting this:





Next, test fit it with the bracket to make sure it was kosher.



It was all good, so I installed everything.



Note that the two metal spacers in the front two holes of the bracket were replaced with longer versions, this way everything sits flush with everything.

If I'd had a TIG welder and more time, I'd have made a really nice looking one-piece bracket, but I didn't so I didn't. In the future I may make one.

Hopefully this helps out the next person who does the auto->manual swap.

 

looks great. quite a great idea. way way easier than mine and you still use the bushings. very nice.