951Porschiste

Just kidding

When I bought my 951 back in March of 2003, the first thing I had wanted to modify was the worn leather on the shifter.



Well, I soon got involved with replacing (in no particular order)

Radiator
Fuel pump
Fuel injectors
Battery wiring
Headlight wiring
Fuel lines
Tires
Vacuum lines
Various sensors, connectors, etc
MAF
etc.

I finally ordered a replacement shift lever boot and turbo script end cap from www.rennbay.com last month.

I also went ahead and got a new shift lever from the local P-Car dealership because the old one's pin was worn:



Here's what it looks like. I think it looks very neat and clean and I'm sure my car will at least feel faster

ratdog

nice, have thought about doin the same thing...looks good

xsboost90

for some reason when i bought my car the shift lever was perfect- almost no side to side play- and now after only about 10k miles its got tons of play! I may just have to order a new shifter.

fbgh2o

Looks real good. C'est beau, Andre. J'ai fait la meme chose avec le mien... Our list of projects is very comparable. It is a low cost upgrade that does a lot.

porcho heat

Could also be your shifter rod attributing to this (was for me)

Ian Carr

Same thing happened to mine.. But I didn't realize the sleeve had the same problem so once I put the new shifter in it didn't make a huge difference and it actually ended up doing the same thing to the pin over a year or so of driving. Now I have a plastic bushing in between the sleeve and the pin and its great .

gregeast

You might check the linkage at the transmission that connects the shift rod to the tranny itself. Mine got sloppy, got worse quickly and then eventually disconnected, kinda hard to find a gear when there's no connection...

It's an easy fix and don't forget the Loc-Tite.