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Does anyone know if this nylon piece (first picture) in a T5 shifter can be purchased separately? The assembly is non-serviceable, so it might not be. I can't find it anywhere.

Had to take it apart to final weld my shift rod on to the T5 base so I wouldn't melt this piece. This one should be fine, but thought I'd just put a new one in while it's apart if I can find one.

On a side note: I used a shift rod from a Model A since it looks very similar to the stock one. Going to work out perfect. Ground the T5 stub and the shift rod to a point to fill it all in with weld for strength, then smoothed everything out.

As you've probably learned by now, that piece is part of the shifter unit and from what I've found is not sold separately. The good news is it lasts a long time.

Yes, it will be OK. Just one of those "while I have it apart, might as well replace it" kind of things. Just thought I'd ask.

Yep, I will admit I had the same thought. Your shifter work looks good, by the way. I used a 1.25" thick aluminum spacer and drilled a higher hole in mine to raise my pivot point and shorten my throw. Made it much nicer.

Jon, I thought about doing that as well, and may do it later after I drive it. Seems like good clearance to the dash and seat in all the gears, but driving it will be the true test to see how I like it. And more importantly, the wife. She is going to want to drive it now too.

Yes! Definitely makes it easier for the wife and also if you have a center seat passenger. Don't want shifting getting in the way any more than necessary. You'll find most of the spacers out there are 1 inch thick. 1 and a quarter shortens the throw just a bit more. This is what I got and the guy's name is David Farwell. Hopefully he is still out there doing this. He was a very helpful and nice guy and you are welcome to mention my name to him. As I recall, Jay (Lugnutz) also knows him.

https://vintagemetalworks.blogspot.com/p/t5-short-throw-shifter-spacer.html

Thanks for that link. I may end up doing that. Shifter is pretty close to my leg for 1-2. Not horrible, but close. Had to kind of split the difference so 5th wasn't way out there. Raising the pivot should help with that too.

On another note, did your tab bend back without breaking? Mine didn't. Started to split as I was bending it back, so I stopped, clamped everything tight with vise grips, and welded the split seam. If I take it apart again and it breaks, may just have to weld the case itself.

Mine suffered a broken tab, also. I suspect many of them do. I think I may have just brazed mine (I only have oxy-acetylene as a welding option).

Oxy-Acet welding and brazing is a great skill to have. I'm fortunate enough to have TIG welder. Very versatile also.

55 years ago I worked as one summer as a commercial welder on a Govt project going to Vietnam and had a TIG machine to use. It was before those machines got more sophisticated and all but I liked it. I learned on oxy-acetylene and am most comfortable with that. Working as a welder in Dallas in the summer will turn a young buck into an old man at a breakneck pace.

I took a look at the tab on mine. I didn't braze it but I welded it and I think I used a coat hanger. In my opinion that's one of the best things about gas welding...the wide flexibility.

I played around with Oxy welding a few times, but never enough to get proficient. It's kinda sorta similar to TIG welding. But once I got my TIG welder, I just used that for everything and never spent the time going back to learn Oxy. Now refilling torch bottles is so darn expensive, it would be expensive to practice as well.

Have done a few T5 shifter mods, and I don't even try to bend the tabs--just grind off the one in front, and gently reweld it in place at the end.