shortening gear selector,

poo slinger · Post by **poo slinger** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:57 pm

is it easy to do on my lt77 box,

i have been told you can get like a remote gear lever so it won't be as far back but i have no clue what it is,

any1 know?

topcatcustom · Post by **topcatcustom** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:46 pm

I stumbled across a post with some answers to your question when I was searching for an answer to my LT question yesterday!

TC

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:18 pm

We just moved the gearstick forward to get it in the middle of the tunnel hole on my mates MGB by cutting it off and refitting as per photo.

poo slinger · Post by **poo slinger** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:19 pm

i htink i mite have to go 4 or 5 inchjes forward tho.

bones · Post by **bones** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:14 pm

i had one of those, i used it on the conversion for my old manta, i will have alook and see if i still got it, it moves the selector about 5" forward

rich

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:38 pm

Wow!!
5" is a lot....

But Its should still work as long as you have enough room for the stick to move about eh?

bones · Post by **bones** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:32 pm

5" is from memory, which isnt that im finding out lately, it moved the whole lever forward, it was a shorter casing, i think i might still have it, if i have i will put a pic up, magnan engineering did them if they are still going im going back about 20 years.

rich

bones · Post by **bones** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:05 pm

ok found a lever for sale on v8church.co.uk ,in classifieds section £80 for lt77 or r380,

tetlow · Post by **tetlow** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:16 am

The MGOC supplied me with a shortened remote assembly. You can see the weld just in front of the string. A support just behind the string was also repositioned.

They cut it too short so I had to do a similar mod to Perry's but mine was not so neat. (The lever is in back to front in the pic, honest

)

Dave

JC. · Post by **JC.** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:03 pm

If you need to move the stick 5 inches further forward, surely you'd be better off with the Sherpa remote rather than the SD1 remote?

bodger · Post by **bodger** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:21 pm

this is the sherpa version ..

bones · Post by **bones** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:32 am

i was the one that mentioned 5" , but i cant remember if mine was 5" shorter or the casing was 5" , it was 20 years ago, and it might not be anything like 5". i dont know what length slinger needs,

rich

poo slinger · Post by **poo slinger** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:04 pm

well i been told that a serpa 1 is what i want but i am struggleing to find 1.

any help?

poo slinger · Post by **poo slinger** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:16 pm

is this what i need? found these 2, do they jsut bolt on as part of the sd1 selector or is there parts missing?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rover-V8-LT77-gea ... 240%3A1318

and this 1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Remote-LT77-GearL ... 240%3A1318